Database Administrator at Bixal in Fairfax, VA

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Why Bixal?

Bixal is a consulting company headquartered in Fairfax, VA, working alongside governments and organizations to help them deliver better services and experiences to the communities they serve. Using evidence-based knowledge and technology, Bixal empowers clients to deliver on their missions more effectively by fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.

Our values:

• People-First: Emphasizing the importance of people in all aspects of work.
• Collaboration and Transparency: Valuing teamwork and open communication.
• Growth Mindset: Encouraging innovation and continuous improvement.
• Creating Lasting Impact: Focusing on meaningful outcomes and positive change.

About the role:

Bixal is seeking a Database Administrator to manage the data behind a federal platform that supports governmentwide regulatory planning and review. Federal agencies, oversight offices, and the public rely on these systems, which must stay available 24/7/365 while a modern replacement is built alongside them.

You will keep the existing Oracle database secure, performant, and reliable, and you will lead the move of decades of regulatory data to the new platform. That means mapping legacy data to new models, validating and reconciling every migration, and preserving the historical records, identifiers, and public references that agencies and the public depend on. Priorities shift as the work evolves, so we're looking for someone equally comfortable administering a production database and planning a careful, well-tested migration.

You will work closely with engineers, a security lead, and client technical stakeholders, and you will help shape decisions about how data is structured, protected, and retained on the new platform.

This is a full-time position on an awarded contract with a 12-month base period and two 12-month option periods. This role offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a project that aligns with Bixal’s mission of delivering innovative, human-centered solutions. While the role has a fixed duration, we are committed to transparency and collaboration, keeping you informed about contract updates and new opportunities. At Bixal, we support your professional journey, ensuring your experience reflects our inclusive, purpose-driven culture and prepares you for future success.

Location

This role can work remotely from anywhere in the USA. You must be legally authorized to work in the US.  Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship. 

Compensation:

The salary range for this role is $110,000 – $120,000. In the spirit of transparency, most offers tend to land near the midpoint of the range. We make compensation decisions thoughtfully, considering your experience, the skills you bring, and our commitment to internal equity. Fairness and transparency are core to how we operate.

Responsibilities:

• Administer, monitor, and tune the production Oracle Enterprise database, ensuring availability, performance, and integrity across all environments.
• Manage backups, recovery, patching, upgrades, and capacity planning, and support continuity of operations and disaster recovery testing.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, including access management, auditing, and encryption, and remediate database vulnerabilities within contractual timelines.
• Support defect resolution, performance troubleshooting, and data requests that involve the database.
• Develop and maintain the Data Migration Plan for moving legacy data to the new platform.
• Map legacy data structures to new target data models, documenting transformations, assumptions, and data quality issues.
• Build, test, and run repeatable migration and ETL processes, including validation and reconciliation against source systems.
• Plan migration timing, rollback procedures, and acceptance criteria for each release.
• Preserve historical records, legacy identifiers, and public references, and support archive or read-only access to historical data where needed.
• Contribute to data model design, indexing, and query optimization for the new platform.
• Support integration, decommissioning, and records retention planning as legacy capabilities are retired.
• Maintain database documentation, data dictionaries, and runbooks.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, estimation, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Other relevant duties as assigned and qualified/trained to perform.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience as a database administrator or database engineer supporting production systems.
• Hands-on Oracle Enterprise database administration experience, including backup and recovery, patching, performance tuning, and security configuration.
• Strong SQL and PL/SQL skills.
• Experience leading or executing large-scale data migrations from a legacy database to a new platform, including data mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience with data modeling and designing schemas for new applications.
• Experience with ETL or data migration tooling and scripting (such as Python, shell, or similar).
• Experience working in Linux server environments (Red Hat Enterprise Linux preferred).
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document technical decisions and explain data issues to non-technical stakeholders.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination in support of a federal government contract.

Nice to Have Skills and Experience:

• Oracle certification (such as Oracle Certified Professional).
• Experience with PostgreSQL or cloud-managed database services (such as Amazon RDS or Aurora).
• Experience delivering for federal government clients, including systems operating under FISMA Moderate controls.
• Familiarity with federal records management and retention requirements (NARA).
• Experience with reporting tools such as JasperReports or Crystal Reports.
• Experience migrating document-heavy or regulatory data while preserving historical records and public references.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum delivery.

How We Support Our Team:

• Flex hours
• 401K with matching incentive
• Parental Leave
• Medical/dental/vision benefits
• Flex Spending Account
• Company provided short-term disability and life insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 11 Paid holidays

Our company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all individuals and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. Employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs.