Database Administrator

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for a Database Administrator within our National Security Sector’s (NSS) Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Join a team supporting mission-critical national security programs focused on Security Engineering, CNO, SIGINT, Mission Software, and Cryptographic Key Management.

This role supports the implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of complex IT systems and database environments. The DBA will maintain the integrity, security, and availability of databases; perform disaster recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring; and support Oracle, SQL Server, and SYBASE administration. Responsibilities also include database optimization, security policy implementation, and migration efforts from on-prem Oracle environments to AWS RDS.

Leidos offers competitive benefits including PTO, 11 paid holidays, 401(k) with 6% company match and immediate vesting, flexible schedules, technical upskilling, education support, parental leave, and more.

Clearance Requirement: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain database integrity, security, and availability

• Administer DB2 databases

• Perform performance tuning, monitoring, index maintenance, and disaster recovery

• Implement database security policies and procedures

• Optimize database structure, storage, and query performance

• Support installation and administration of database systems and tools

Basic Qualifications

• Masters degree in a technical discipline and 15+ years of DBA experience supporting programs of similar scope and complexity

  • Four additional years of experience may substitute for a degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle and OEM Management

• Red Hat Linux 7/8

• Git, Puppet, VMware

• Docker and Kubernetes

• AWS and AWS Managed Databases (including NoSQL)

• Schema design, optimization, and data modeling

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Original Posting:

June 12, 2026

Pay Range:

Pay Range $154,050.00 - $278,475.00

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.