Database Administrator

About Niyam IT (Niyam)

Niyam was founded in 2007 by a group of consultants who shared a unique vision: a technology company steeped in orderly process yet driven by passion and innovation. Over the following decade, we fine-tuned our craft and built an impressive track record of successful outcomes, securing our reputation as the go-to provider of smart, innovative solutions.

Today, Niyam is at the forefront of the industry, leading the way in crafting mission-critical technologies for Emergency Preparedness & Response, Natural Resource Management, Law Enforcement & Justice, Health IT, and Global Citizen Services.

What We Offer:

Flexible Work Hours: Life doesn’t always fit into a 9-to-5 schedule. We offer flexibility to help you manage your work-life balance effectively.

Remote Work: Niyam understands the value of flexibility. We offer remote work.

Career Growth: Niyam is not just a job; it’s a career journey. We provide a supportive environment for your professional development and offer fully paid opportunities for training and advancement within the company.

Great People: Our people are the blueprint of who Niyam is to the industry and community.

Great Environment: Niyam fosters a great environment where innovation, collaboration, and personal growth thrive.

Diversity & Inclusion: We believe in the strength of diverse perspectives. Your unique ideas are welcomed and celebrated every day at Niyam.

Join us in creating a workplace where innovation, diversity, and well-being thrive. Your journey at Niyam awaits. Apply today!

Niyam is seeking a Database Administrator to join our team in support of our work with a federal client.  We offer competitive compensation and benefits. You will have the opportunity to apply your knowledge, skills and experience to building a truly modern application that is new development and cloud native.  You will work in a SecDevOps environment that includes continuous integration/continuous deployment and test automation in a consistent agile software development framework.  If you thrive in a culture of innovation and bring creative ideas to solve complex technical and procedural problems at the at the team and portfolio levels, then this opportunity is for you! This full-time position will be hybrid to Ashburn, VA. 

Roles and Responsibilities

Provide high-level architectural guidance, technical innovation, and analytical expertise to teams across federal client.

Champion all aspects of data architecture, analytic methodology, and visualization functions including engineering standards, governance processes, and providing vision and context to explore and effectively utilize emerging technologies.

Work with database developers and administrators across multiple product teams.

Serve as a data and technology expert across a broad and diverse set of mission critical applications

Actively participate in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations, retrospectives and solution releases

Analyze project-related problems and create innovative solutions involving technology, analytic methodologies, and advanced solution components.

Deliver deployable software in short sprints.

Demonstrate adaptability and collaborate effectively with a technically diverse, geographically distributed team.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

US Citizenship with ability to obtain a Public Trust.

Bachelor’s degree  in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

At least seven years of experience with databases, including designing, implementing, and optimizing database systems. 

Experience with data modeling, tuning, scaling, security, backup, recovery, and integrity of RDBMS, specifically PostgreSQL in AWS.

Solid understanding of concepts such as data types, indexing, performance tuning, query plans.

Ability to take high level requirements and work with Product Architects to create a data model to store transactional data.

Understanding of Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or MySQL, as well as understanding of NoSQL databases like DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, or Couchbase.

Strong SQL skills for querying, analyzing, and managing data, as well as creating and maintaining stored procedures, triggers, and views.

Experience with CDC (change data capture) concepts and usage.

Knowledge of security best practices, including encryption, authentication, and access control, to ensure that sensitive data is protected and compliant with government regulations.

Experience with cloud-based database services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) RDS, Google Cloud SQL, or Microsoft Azure SQL Database.

Experience with data integration tools and techniques, including ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and queue-based messaging systems to ensure seamless data flow between systems.

Familiarity with microservices based architecture and its impact to data storage.

Skills in analyzing and optimizing database performance, including indexing, partitioning, and query optimization.

Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, data analysts, and business stakeholders, to gather requirements and communicate complex database concepts.

Experience helping customers and mission users conceptualize and prioritize their data analysis and visualization needs.

Preferred Skills:

Local to Ashburn, VA and available to work onsite. 

Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, DocumentDB, or Mongo.

Experience with geospatial data management.

Experience with Apache Kafka for messaging and data streaming.

Experience with data governance platforms such as Collibra.

Experience in Continuous integration, Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and DevOps processes and tools.

Experience implementing or migrating to Cloud environments like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure.

Application Deadline: This position will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

Niyam is an Equal Opportunity (“EEO”) Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, age, citizenship status, veteran or military status, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, disability, unemployment status or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state and/or local laws.  If you require a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to complete your application, or if you face challenges using our online application system and need an alternative way to apply, please reach out to us at +1 703.429.2450 or email [email protected].