The Work:
Responsible for delivering expert database administration support across Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL environments within a mid‑ to large‑scale enterprise setting. Perform daily database health checks, validates backups, proactively monitors datacenter resources, resolves issues, and implements preventative measures. Support full lifecycle activities including planning, coordinating, and executing release notices, performing authorized maintenance, and deploying new servers or databases. Contribute heavily to operational excellence through dynamic user‑issue documentation, bi‑weekly updates, task‑based procedural documentation, and improvements to current infrastructure processes. Additional responsibilities include managing team ticket queues as needed, onboarding new team members, participating in weekly meetings, and helping drive enhancements in training, user documentation, and support tools.
Here’s what you need:
- 8 years of experience in database administration
• Strong to expert-level knowledge of Oracle, Postgres, and MS SQL databases and applications
• Ability to provide dynamic problem documentation (definition, resolution, reporting)
• Ability to support scheduled after‑hours maintenance
• Experience serving as queue manager to assign incoming tickets
• Industry experience developing, deploying, and supporting database systems at scale
• Full project lifecycle experience: design, development, implementation, documentation
• Experience with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Linux familiarity required
• Understanding of enterprise systems management (configuration management, ESD, etc.)
• Knowledge of scalability principles, economies of scale, and cost-of-ownership impacts
• Broad understanding of cloud technologies, applications, and protocols (TCP/IP, Active Directory, Oracle/Postgres/SQL DBs, Apache Tomcat, MS IIS)
Eligibility Requirements:
U.S. Citizen
As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Skills Required
- 8 years of experience in database administration
- Strong to expert-level knowledge of Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL databases and applications
- Ability to provide dynamic problem documentation, including definition, resolution, and reporting
- Ability to support scheduled after-hours maintenance
- Experience serving as a queue manager to assign incoming tickets
- Industry experience developing, deploying, and supporting database systems at scale
- Full project lifecycle experience covering design, development, implementation, and documentation
- Experience with Microsoft Windows and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Linux familiarity
- Understanding of enterprise systems management, configuration management, and ESD
- Knowledge of scalability principles, economies of scale, and cost-of-ownership impacts
- Broad understanding of cloud technologies, applications, and protocols including TCP/IP, Active Directory, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL databases, Apache Tomcat, and Microsoft IIS
- U.S. citizenship
- U.S. work authorization that does not now or in the future require visa sponsorship
What We Do
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture LLP. It empowers US federal agencies to reinvent their operations and deliver missions faster using technology and AI. By leveraging mission expertise and commercial innovation, the company provides solutions in cloud, data, and cybersecurity to help the government make the nation stronger, safer, and more resilient.
