Senior Database Engineer / Administrator

Company: CGI
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: April 2, 2026

Job Description:

U.S. - The best version of me By playing this video you consent to Google/YouTube processing your data and using cookies – Learn more . Position Description: CGI is in the top 5 largest global IT companies spread across 40 countries with endless opportunities to expand and grow. As a Federal CGI Partner, you have the opportunity to be a shareholder at CGI and join a family of 91,000 CGI Partners strong. CGI is seeking a Senior Database Engineer/Administrator to support enterprise database environments across Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, Greenplum, MongoDB, ElastiCache, and Microsoft SQL Server to support a large federal agency within the CGI Civilian Business Unit. The selected candidate will provide senior level engineering, administration, performance tuning, disaster recovery, security compliance, and documentation support in alignment with federal government agency policies, enterprise standards, and internal controls. This role is responsible for ensuring database availability, resiliency, performance, and audit readiness in mission critical environments. This position is located in Baltimore, MD Your future duties and responsibilities: . Implement, configure, administer, and maintain Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, RDS, Greenplum, MongoDB, ElastiCache, and SQL Server databases in production and non production environments. . Develop and maintain complete documentation of procedures, work products, operational processes, and lifecycle activities for all supported database platforms. . Perform proactive performance tuning, monitoring, maintenance, and capacity planning to ensure optimal database performance and reliability. . Provide disaster recovery engineering and ongoing support, including backup validation, recovery testing, and compliance with SSA Backup and Recovery Executive Assurance / Internal Controls. . Deliver Tier 3 technical support, incident response, and root cause analysis for complex database issues across multiple database engines. . Support software installation, setup, configuration, patching, and integration testing activities for database products and related tools. . Develop physical data models and implement schemas, storage structures, partitioning, indexing, and other physical design elements. . Assist in the evaluation of Off The Shelf (OTS) products that rely on Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, RDS, Greenplum, MongoDB, ElastiCache, or SQL Server, ensuring compliance with SSA security policies and infrastructure requirements. . Establish, refine, and maintain backup and recovery strategies for Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, RDS, Greenplum, MongoDB, ElastiCache, Spark, SQL Server, and additional platforms as required. . Ensure all documentation, procedures, and operational artifacts are current, audit ready, and aligned with SSA standards. Required qualifications to be successful in this role: . Ability to obtain and maintain US Public Trust Clearance .Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 8 years of experience in database engineering or administration across multiple DBMS platforms. . Hands on experience administering Oracle, DB2, PostgreSQL, RDS, Greenplum, MongoDB, ElastiCache, and SQL Server in enterprise environments. . Strong background in performance tuning, query optimization, indexing, parameter tuning, and platform specific monitoring tools. . Proven experience implementing and supporting high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including RAC/Data Guard, Always On, streaming replication, replica sets, RDS multi AZ, and equivalent technologies. . Demonstrated expertise with backup and recovery strategies, tools, and testing methodologies (e.g., RMAN, PITR, WAL archiving, SQL Server native backups, RDS snapshots). . Experience with security configuration, encryption, auditing, access controls, and adherence to federal or agency specific security requirements. . Ability to develop and maintain physical data models and align them with functional and nonfunctional requirements. . Ability to write automation scripts using SQL, Bash, PowerShell, Python, or equivalent scripting languages. . Experience working in Linux/Unix and Windows server environments. . Strong documentation skills and demonstrated ability to produce SOPs, runbooks, configuration guides, and audit deliverables. . Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to lead troubleshooting efforts and coordinate across technical teams. Desired qualifications/non-essential skills required: . Professional certifications such as Oracle OCP, IBM DB2 DBA, PostgreSQL Professional, Microsoft SQL Server certifications, AWS Database Specialty, or MongoDB DBA. . Experience with Greenplum operations, MPP tuning, and distributed database performance optimization. . Familiarity with SSA security policies, NIST 800 53, FISMA, FedRAMP, and federal audit processes. . Exposure to observability and APM platforms (CloudWatch, Grafana/Prometheus, Splunk, Datadog, AppDynamics). . Experience with DevOps and Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible) and schema migration frameworks (Flyway, Liquibase). . Knowledge of advanced security features such as TDE, TLS configuration, row level security, data masking, and secrets management. . Experience supporting Spark clusters or integrations in enterprise analytics environments. . Prior experience supporting large federal agencies or programs with stringent availability and compliance requirements. CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 - $198,400.00. CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave . Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well-being programs CGIFederalJob Skills: Database Administration Linux Oracle DBMS SQL Database Design What you can expect from us: Together, as owners, let’s turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you’ll reach your full potential because… You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That’s why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company’s strategy and direction. Your work creates value. You’ll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. You’ll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You’ll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our team—one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, sex, religion, creed, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, military and veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, familial status or responsibilities, reproductive health decisions, political affiliation, genetic information, height, weight, or any other legally protected status or characteristics to the extent required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws where we do business. CGI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation to apply for a job in the U.S., please email the CGI U.S. Employment Compliance mailbox at US_Employment_Compliance@cgi.com . You will need to reference the Position ID of the position in which you are interested. Your message will be routed to the appropriate recruiter who will assist you. Please note, this email address is only to be used for those individuals who need an accommodation to apply for a job. Emails for any other reason or those that do not include a Position ID will not be returned. We make it easy to translate military experience and skills! Click here to be directed to our site that is dedicated to veterans and transitioning service members. All CGI offers of employment in the U.S. are contingent upon the ability to successfully complete a background investigation. Background investigation components can vary dependent upon specific assignment and/or level of US government security clearance held. Dependent upon role and/or federal government security clearance requirements, and in accordance with applicable laws, some background investigations may include a credit check. CGI will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrests and conviction records in accordance with all local regulations and ordinances. CGI will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with CGI’s legal duty to furnish information.

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