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Database Administrator (DBA) Washington, DC Metropolitan/DMV Area

Posted: 09/01/2026 Industry: IT Job Number: 26-00496

Job Description

HEPCO is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to support federal IT operations and maintenance. This primarily remote position requires occasional onsite work in Washington, DC, and Sterling, Virginia.

Candidates must currently reside in the Washington, DC metropolitan/DMV area to be considered.

The selected candidate will provide hands-on Oracle database administration, production support, troubleshooting, security, performance tuning, backup and recovery, replication, migrations, and upgrades within a mission-critical environment.

Required Qualifications

  • Current active Secret security clearance.
  • Ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance.
  • Current residence in the Washington, DC metropolitan/DMV area.
  • At least seven years of Oracle DBA or Oracle-related experience.
  • At least five years of experience supporting Oracle 11g and/or 12c.
  • Hands-on Oracle 19c RDBMS production implementation experience.
  • Experience with Oracle 11g-to-19c upgrades.
  • Strong SQL skills.

Required Technical Experience

  • Oracle RAC.
  • Automatic Storage Management (ASM).
  • GoldenGate.
  • Data Guard.
  • Recovery Manager (RMAN).
  • Oracle patching.
  • Database security.
  • Performance tuning.
  • Backup and recovery.
  • Replication.
  • Production troubleshooting.
  • Oracle migrations and upgrades.
  • Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
  • Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c.
  • Custom monitoring and reporting.

Highly Desirable Experience

  • Oracle 19c/21c GoldenGate Hub.
  • Exadata.
  • Sun SuperCluster.
  • Oracle containerization.
  • Oracle private or public cloud environments.
  • Federal IT or government database environments.
  • Database Operations Lead experience.
  • Technical leadership and mentoring junior DBAs.

Education and Experience

Candidates must meet one of the following combinations:

  • Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience.
  • Master’s degree and six years of relevant experience.
  • Associate degree and 10 years of relevant experience.
  • High school diploma or GED and 12 years of relevant experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental health coverage.
  • Health and disability insurance.
  • Flexible spending accounts and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Retirement savings plan with company 401(k) match.
  • Paid time off and company-paid holidays.
  • Paid parental leave and family-building support.

Work Arrangement: Primarily Remote
Required Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan/DMV Area
Salary: $130,000 per year
Schedule: Saturday–Tuesday, 7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

 

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

Meet Your Recruiter

Joyce Austria

Joining HEPCO in March 2021, Joyce has four years of experience in IT, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing and life sciences recruiting. Joyce’s favorite part about her job is helping people land their dream jobs and hearing about their first day on the job. Joyce dreams about living by the ocean and meeting new people through her travels. 

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