Database Administrator at Ardent Principles, Inc.
Herndon, VA
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Jul 15, 2026
Herndon, VA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-lifecycle database administrator role supporting a government sponsor's projects onsite in Herndon, VA. Day-to-day work covers database development, integration, configuration, deployment, and ongoing operations and maintenance — including patching, migrations, and backup/recovery — across development, test, and production environments. The role also involves collaborating with architects on capacity planning. An active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph is required.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting hard-gates on an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph — this is a firm requirement, not merely preferred.
No specific database platform (e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server) is named anywhere in the posting; all skill requirements are stated at the functional/operational level only.
No minimum years of experience and no degree requirement are stated. The role's scope (dev/test/prod support, O&M, migrations, capacity planning) is consistent with a mid-level practitioner.
The alt SOC 15-1243 (Database Architects) is noted because the role includes capacity planning work with architects, but the primary day-to-day duties are clearly operational DBA work.
Compensation is described only as 'highly competitive salary range' with no figures provided.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): database administration, capacity planning.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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