E-Logic is seeking a skilled Database Administrator (DBA) to support the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) mission of ensuring secure, efficient, and reliable data operations across its enterprise systems. This role ensures DOT databases remain optimized, compliant, and resilient, enabling critical applications and stakeholders to access accurate and timely information for decision-making. The DBA will play a key part in maintaining high availability, ensuring FISMA compliance, and supporting agency-wide modernization initiatives.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 35 years of experience with major database platforms (SQL Server, PostgreSQL) in an AWS cloud environment.
• Proficiency in SQL, database tuning, and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with backup/recovery procedures, high availability configurations, and disaster recovery planning.
• Knowledge of database monitoring tools and performance analysis.
• Familiarity with scheduling and job management in database environments.
• Understanding of database security principles, encryption methods, and access control frameworks.
• FISMA compliance experience or familiarity with federal security standards.
• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools and remediation processes.
• Experience with audit preparation and security documentation.
• Experience supporting application development teams and troubleshooting database issues.
• Background in change management processes and documentation standards.
• Incident response experience with vendor coordination capabilities.
  Important Notice:
  This role is part of a proposal for the U.S. Department of Transportation. Hiring is contingent upon the selection of the consultant. Selected candidates will be included in the proposal and must authorize the use of their resume for submission

• Perform scheduled maintenance including backups, patches, updates, and performance optimization.
• Monitor database performance, resolve bottlenecks, and automate routine tasks using scripts.
• Maintain database documentation and participate in change management processes.
• Conduct regular data integrity checks and basic capacity planning.
• Implement database security policies, manage user access controls, and conduct vulnerability assessments.
• Maintain FISMA compliance including encryption, access logging, and audit trails.
• Support security audits by providing documentation, reports, and remediation of findings.
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and organizational standards.
• Design, implement, and test backup/recovery procedures with documented RTO/RPO objectives.
• Provide incident response and coordinate with vendors during database issues.
• Support application teams with database troubleshooting and optimization.
• Support end-user access to databases by managing group permissions and promptly troubleshooting access issues.