Database administrator jobs in the United States

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Counted Nov 3, 2026

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Open jobs: 1,131
Employers: 592

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payUSD / year: $114,889Across 178 listings
Average starting payUSD / hour: $49.29Across 106 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 10%109 listings
Hybrid: 6%71 listings
On-site: 18%198 listings

Not specified: 67% (753 listings)

Employers hiring include Eliassen Group (43), Highmark Health (43), Contact Government Services, LLC (40).

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Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

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Database administrator jobs in the United States

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DBA Lead
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. Company
Alpharetta, GA
Are you passionate about leading database platforms that power critical business solutions and drive operational excellence?
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Senior DBA II
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. Company
Alpharetta, GA
Are you passionate about building highly available database platforms that power mission-critical services at scale?
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Senior DBA II
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. Company
Alpharetta, GA
Are you passionate about building highly available database platforms that power mission-critical services at scale?
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DB2 Database Administrator
NTT Managed Services Americas, LLC
Remote, United States
The Database Administrator is a seasoned subject matter expert, responsible for ensuring the availability, integrity and performance of critical data asset
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Database Administrator IV
CompTech Computer Technologies
Lackland, TX
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Database Administrator
SquareTrade
San Francisco, CA
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Database Administrator
SquareTrade
Dallas, TX
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Database Administrator
SquareTrade
Denver, CO
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Database Administrator
AnyDesk
Tampa, FL
To support our mission, we're seeking a skilled and motivated Database Administrator (DBA) to join our team. In this role, you'll help ensure our databases run smoothly, securely, and…
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Staff Database Administrator
Altruist
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA
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Staff Database Administrator
Altruist
San Francisco, CA · Los Angeles, CA
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SQL Database Administrator - Senior - #880
Allen Integrated Solutions
Fort Belvoir, VA
Eight years of experience in SQL database administration supporting and managing databases in a production environment.
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Database Administrator
Akumen, Inc.
Washington, DC
- $120,000 to $145,000 USD / year
Akumen, Inc. is seeking an experienced Database Administrator (DBA) to support the administration, performance, security, and availability of mission-critical database environments…
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Database Administrator III
AccuWeather Careers
Remote, United States
Want to be part of a team that keeps AccuWeather's critical database environments reliable, secure, performant, and available around the clock for a global audience? We are looking for an…
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Sr. Cloud Database Administrator (SCON)
Accenture Federal Services
Washington, DC
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Database Administrator
9th Way Insignia
Washington, DC
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Hatch IT
Washington, DC
- $110,000 to $120,000 USD / year
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Database Administrator
Planet Technologies
Albuquerque, NM
…motivated individual to join our growing team as Windows Server & Database Administrator. In this role, you will be supporting impactful projects that make a difference for our…
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Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Boston, MA · Philadelphia, PA
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
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Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Los Angeles, CA · San Francisco, CA
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
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CG
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Chicago, IL · Detroit, MI
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
Added 23 days ago
CG
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Dallas, TX · Austin, TX
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
Added 23 days ago
CG
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Baltimore, MD · Rockville, MD
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
Added 23 days ago
CG
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Miami, FL · Tampa, FL
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)
Added 23 days ago
CG
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA) (Top Secret Clearance Required)
Contact Government Services, LLC
Atlanta, GA · Charlotte, NC
- $182,700 to $263,900 USD / year
Senior Discovery Database Administrator (DBA)

CompTech Computer Technologies

Database Administrator IV

Lackland, TX, United States

$125k - $135k, plus full Benefits, PTO, 401k+

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Job details

Pay: $125k - $135k, plus full Benefits, PTO, 401k+
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 15, 2026

Original job description

WELCOME TO COMPTECH

Good people. Dedicated People. Hard-working people.

CompTech is a service-oriented program management and technical company working to build lasting relationships with small and large companies, municipalities, and Government agencies. Headquartered in Dayton, OH, our clients nationwide are provided with services in client-focused practice areas resulting in solutions to organizational challenges.

Job Description

Job Title: Database Administrator IV Location: Lackland, TX (on-site) Supporting: The Defense Health Agency (DHA) **Secret Security Clearance**

Overview

CompTech Computer Technologies is seeking an experienced Database Administrator – Level IV to provide advanced database administration, support, and technical leadership, in support of the Defense Health Agency (DHA). This position holds overall responsibility for the strategic planning, implementation, administration, maintenance, security, availability, integrity, and performance of critical enterprise database systems and data assets.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive hands-on database administration experience, expert knowledge of database architecture, performance tuning, security protocols, and demonstrated expertise supporting secure, highly available database environments. This position requires the ability to independently manage complex technical tasks, provide subject matter expertise, guide junior database administrators, and translate functional and technical requirements into effective database and storage solutions. The Database Administrator IV will also serve as a site lead and supervise all database administrators while maintaining comprehensive technical documentation and operational procedures.

Scope of Work

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Provide strategic planning, implementation, administration, and sustainment of enterprise database management systems and hosted databases.
Install, configure, maintain, and administer database management systems, including creating and managing databases, snapshots, clones, and backups.
Monitor database health, availability, capacity, performance, and integrity, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues to minimize outages.
Perform advanced database performance tuning, optimization, reorganizations, upgrades, patches, and migrations to meet business needs and service level agreements.
Monitor, prevent, and resolve database capacity issues, performance bottlenecks, system errors, and other complex technical problems.
Implement and maintain robust database security controls, including encryption, access control, user accounts, permissions, and compliance with applicable security policies.
Ensure database systems comply with Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG), Security Requirements Guide (SRG), and other applicable security and compliance requirements.
Provide advanced troubleshooting, technical support, and subject matter expertise to sites, developers, third-party vendors, and other technical teams.
Support database service selection, high availability solutions, and testing of environment changes in coordination with site personnel and architecture and engineering teams.
Assist architecture and engineering teams with defining functional requirements, data relationships, attributes, data flow, storage requirements, and data output and reporting capabilities.
Support data management functions, including data dictionary expertise, metadata definition, and data mapping for application development.
Assist with the evaluation, recommendation, and testing of database software products and related technologies.
Develop, implement, and maintain database standards, procedures, maintenance guides, and operational documentation.
Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), knowledge-base articles, contingency plans, and recovery processes for database management systems.
Implement and manage monitoring tools, performance metrics, and technical enhancements to improve database reliability, efficiency, scalability, and operational performance.
Oversee and participate in the deployment and sustainment of database management systems to accommodate organizational business requirements.
Administer day-to-day database sustainment, integrity, security, availability, and operational maintenance activities.
Perform system-level database management platform maintenance and upgrades to ensure the appropriate security and operational posture is maintained.
Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and leadership to junior database administrators and other database support personnel.
Supervise all database administrators, providing direction, technical oversight, and guidance on database administration and architecture best practices.
Serve as the database administration site lead, coordinating technical activities and ensuring database services meet operational requirements.
Perform complex tasks with little to no supervision and exercise independent judgment in resolving technical issues.
Collaborate with application developers, systems administrators, cybersecurity personnel, architecture and engineering teams, and other technical stakeholders to support database-dependent applications and services.
Follow established incident-management, change-management, configuration-management, security, and maintenance procedures.
Participate in on-call support as required to support database availability and operational continuity.

Experience, Education, and Certification Requirements:

Experience:

Ten (10) years of progressive experience in database administration or a related IT infrastructure discipline demonstrating advanced proficiency.
Demonstrated expert-level experience administering and maintaining enterprise database management systems and hosted databases.
Extensive experience with database architecture, performance tuning, capacity management, backups, recovery, and database security.
Demonstrated experience installing, configuring, upgrading, patching, migrating, and maintaining database management systems.
Experience implementing and maintaining database security controls, encryption, access management, and compliance with STIG/SRG guidelines.
Experience monitoring and optimizing database performance, reliability, availability, and scalability.
Demonstrated experience with database backup, restoration, recovery, high availability, and continuity planning.
Experience supporting data management functions, including data dictionaries, metadata, data relationships, data mapping, and storage requirements.
Demonstrated experience providing advanced technical support and troubleshooting for complex database issues.
Experience developing and maintaining SOPs, maintenance guides, technical documentation, and knowledge-base articles.
Demonstrated ability to independently perform complex technical tasks with little to no supervision.
Experience leading, mentoring, and supervising database administrators or other technical personnel.
Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with cross-functional technical teams.
Ability to satisfy the security and background investigation requirements associated with the position.

Education:

Master’s degree or applicable equivalency.

Preferred / Relevant Certifications: One is required for consideration.

Commercial baseline and technical certifications applicable to this advanced role may include:

CompTIA CASP+ / SecurityX
(ISC)² CISSP
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate or equivalent
Oracle Database Administration Certified Professional or equivalent

Additional advanced certifications related to database administration, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Azure, cloud technologies, cybersecurity, or enterprise infrastructure are a plus.

Security Clearance Requirements:

Active Secret Clearance

Salary:

$125k - $135k, plus full Benefits, PTO, 401k+

Equal Employment OpportunityCompTech is committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment in which we recognize and value each other’s differences as well as fostering a culture that promotes its core values: Commitment, Innovation, and Customer Satisfaction. As an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you require assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please call Human Resources at (937) 228-2667 or email stefanie.wallace@comptech.com. A CompTech associate will respond to your message as soon as reasonably possible.

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Skills

Database administration
Database management systems
Documentation
Strategic planning
Regulatory compliance
Security regulations
Troubleshooting
Technical support
Reporting
Data management
Maintain database
Leadership
Cybersecurity
Change management
Coaching
Problem solving
Communication skills
Work independently
CISSP
Microsoft Azure
Oracle Database
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
Cloud technologies

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