PostgreSQL Database Analyst

About INflow Federal - founded in 2013, INflow Federal is a mission-driven small business delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of War (DoW) and Joint Force operations across 20+ states. Our strength comes from our people - especially the Veterans who make up over 50% of our workforce. Through our Veteran Outreach Program and employee-first culture, we invest deeply in professional growth, well-being, and innovation. Known for our agility, transparency, and integrity, INflow combines real-world experience with emerging technologies like AI/ML to help our customers lead in a rapidly evolving defense landscape. We empower both our employees and mission partners to stay ahead - driving smarter, faster, and more secure outcomes.

As a Jr. Systems Administrator at INflow Federal, you will support one of the Intelligence Community’s most critical enterprise environments by maintaining secure Windows and UNIX systems that enable mission success. Working alongside experienced engineers and administrators, you’ll help ensure the reliability, security, and performance of enterprise infrastructure supporting classified operations.

This role is ideal for an early-career systems administrator looking to expand their technical expertise while working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. You’ll gain hands-on experience supporting enterprise servers, storage platforms, desktop systems, and network infrastructure while developing valuable skills in cybersecurity, systems engineering, and enterprise operations.

You’ll support enterprise IT infrastructure operating within secure classified environments. Daily responsibilities include maintaining Windows and UNIX systems, troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues, supporting enterprise storage and networking technologies, implementing security hardening, coordinating maintenance activities, and ensuring system availability for mission-critical operations.

You’ll collaborate with senior engineers, cybersecurity professionals, and customer stakeholders while supporting technologies spanning operating systems, virtualization, storage, networking, backup solutions, and enterprise monitoring platforms.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise PostgreSQL database environments supporting classified mission systems.
• Design, implement, and maintain highly available PostgreSQL database solutions.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance while proactively identifying opportunities for optimization.
• Configure and maintain role-based access control (RBAC), database security, and administrative accounts.
• Develop and maintain database configuration standards, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with software developers to optimize database schemas, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and SQL query performance.
• Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, migrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Perform database backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
• Support database migration efforts involving PostgreSQL, Oracle, and MySQL platforms.
• Analyze transactional and data warehouse workloads to improve scalability and performance.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies, open-source tools, and commercial solutions supporting enterprise modernization.
• Implement database monitoring, alerting, and performance reporting solutions.
• Troubleshoot database availability, replication, storage, and performance issues.
• Ensure database environments comply with security policies, operational standards, and customer requirements.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams regarding database architecture and best practices.
• Participate in after-hours on-call support rotations as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, certifications, and experience.
• 5+ years of database administration, database engineering, or database analysis experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Demonstrated experience administering PostgreSQL database environments.
• Experience implementing PostgreSQL performance tuning and optimization strategies.
• Experience designing or supporting high-availability PostgreSQL environments.
• Experience performing database backup, restoration, replication, migration, and disaster recovery activities.
• Experience configuring PostgreSQL monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis tools.
• Knowledge of transactional database design and data warehouse architectures.
• Experience working with SQL and relational database concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, and software development teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with one or more of the following technologies

• Oracle 19c Administration
• Oracle Performance Tuning
• MySQL Administration
• PostgreSQL Replication
• PostgreSQL Clustering
• Database High Availability
• Database Automation
• SQL Performance Optimization
• Database Security
• Linux Administration
• Shell or Python scripting
• Cloud Database Technologies
• Enterprise Monitoring Solutions
• Data Migration Projects
• Database Modernization Initiatives
• CompTIA Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570 certification

Clearance Requirements

• Active DoD TS/SCI
• Ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph