Position: Senior Database Engineer/Administrator
Location: Melbourne, FL (Patrick, SFB)
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At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the dedication of our diverse and talented teams. United by a shared commitment to our customers’ success, we empower our people, support our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide every aspect of our work, ensuring we do the right thing—for our customers, our people, and the world around us.
Thrive in a Mission‑Focused Environment
The Leidos Defense Sector provides advanced systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. From enterprise IT and large‑scale intelligence systems to cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, logistics, and training, we support some of the nation’s most critical defense missions. Our teams take on challenges where failure is not an option—and succeed.
We are seeking a Senior Database Engineer/Administrator to support the US NDC OSS II Program. This role provides technical leadership across database architecture, administration, security, and mission data expertise while serving as a mentor to junior staff.
Primary Responsibilities
Lead Oracle database architecture, design, implementation, and lifecycle management
Partner with application teams to ensure seamless database integration
Perform advanced troubleshooting, diagnostics, and root‑cause analysis
Execute high‑level database administration, performance tuning, and optimization
Design, implement, and enforce database security controls, auditing, and compliance
Support mission‑critical operations, incident response, and continuity of service
Provide deep expertise in US NDC data structures, data flows, and mission data usage
Plan and guide scalability, availability, disaster recovery, and modernization initiatives
Participate in on‑call rotation and occasional after‑hours support
Contribute to long‑term mission continuity and organizational knowledge retention
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may substitute degree requirement.
US Citizen; Currently possessing DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to a TS/SCI clearance upon hire.
IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ or equivalent)
Experience with Oracle GoldenGate for data replication, synchronization, and high-availability architectures.
Proven experience of senior-level Oracle DBA (5+ yrs)
Background supporting mission‑critical or operational systems
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s Degree with 6+ years related experience
Prior DoD 24×7 mission support experience
Experience mentoring database engineers and DBAs
Background in long-term database architecture planning
Experience with databases in cloud and hybrid cloud environments, including migration, HA/DR, and security considerations.
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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:February 27, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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What We Do
We Are Leidos For 50 years we have been tackling some of the biggest problems that face our nation and our world. OUR MISSION Through our culture of innovation and history of performance, we develop deep customer trust built on integrity and create enduring solutions that improve our world. Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare markets. The company’s 43,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $11.09 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2020. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the newly launched Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead.
