Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator

Peraton•Herndon, VA

1d•$135,000 - $216,000•Onsite

About The Position

Peraton is hiring a Microsoft SQL Server Database Engineer to support a worldwide national intelligence program involving mission application design, development, engineering, and integration for the U.S. Intelligence Community. The role supports national security missions and involves administering production databases and related systems while ensuring high availability, reliability, integrity, security, and confidentiality of data. The position includes installing, configuring, maintaining, and upgrading database management systems; administering backend storage and hardware platforms; monitoring and tuning production databases; and contributing to database policies and procedures. The employee will collaborate with development, business, operations, system administration, and information systems security teams. Work is full-time in a SCIF, with flexible working hours. Candidates must hold a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph adjudication, or active TS clearance with the ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph. The role requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and at least eight years of relevant experience, with four additional years of experience potentially substituting for the degree. Peraton describes competitive compensation, professional growth opportunities, and benefits for employees and their families. The target salary range is $135,000–$216,000.

Requirements

TS/SCI clearance with polygraph adjudication, or active TS clearance with the ability to obtain SCI and pass a polygraph.
Bachelor’s degree in a field applicable to the position and 8 or more years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree.
At least 8 years of SQL Server database administration experience.
Active Security+ certification, meeting the DoD 8570 baseline certification for IAT Level 2.
Ability to install, configure, and maintain database management systems according to project requirements.
Ability to perform regular database backups to ensure data integrity and availability.
Ability to implement and maintain database security measures, including user access control and encryption.
Ability to monitor database performance and optimize queries and indexes.
Ability to manage database migrations and upgrades while minimizing downtime and data loss, and to troubleshoot database issues promptly.
Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with application developers, system administrators, and other teams.
Experience and knowledge of DoD policies, best practices, and industry standards for database administration.
Experience implementing Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
Experience with the Microsoft Windows operating system and upgrading major database instances.
Ability to work closely with system administrators and the ISSO on application upgrades, documentation, and STIG remediation.

Nice To Haves

Ability to design, develop, and document technical solutions, standard operating procedures, and change requests.
Experience with capacity planning, utilization, and performance monitoring for indexes, tables, queries, and stored procedures.
Familiarity with writing SQL queries to generate system data reports and modify data as necessary.
Experience in database design and development.
Experience architecting, designing, developing, and managing relational databases.

Responsibilities

Perform database administration, including installing and maintaining database management software and designing and implementing predictive analysis.
Configure, provision, operate, and administer database management systems and related software, backend storage servers, and hardware platforms.
Design, install, monitor, maintain, and fine-tune production databases while ensuring high data availability.
Help develop and implement database policies and procedures that maintain data integrity and availability, including software updates.
Collaborate with development, business, and operations teams to protect data security and confidentiality.
Take ownership of the availability, reliability, and integrity of business data in production databases.
Perform regular database backups and implement security measures, including user access control and encryption.
Monitor database performance and optimize queries and indexes.
Handle database migrations and upgrades while minimizing downtime and data loss, and promptly troubleshoot database issues.
Work with system administrators and the ISSO on application upgrades, documentation, and STIG remediation.
Design, develop, and document technical solutions, standard operating procedures, and change requests.
Support capacity planning, utilization, and performance monitoring of indexes, tables, queries, and stored procedures.
Write SQL queries to generate system data reports and modify data as needed.