Senior SQL Database Administrator, DBA

🔥 15 hours ago

🏛️ District of Columbia, Washington – Remote

🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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Enterprise Horizon Consulting Group

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2005

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Defense • Logistics

Enterprise Horizon Consulting Group is an SBA Certified Women-Owned Small Business that offers specialized IT and support services to public and private sector clients. With a focus on solving complex IT and business challenges, the company provides mission-critical solutions in Enterprise IT, Business Intelligence, and Big Data. A key business partner to the US Navy's Enterprise Business Solutions, Enterprise Horizon has been awarded several significant contracts, including those with NAVSUP and the DoD. Their services include full-cycle ERP implementation, modernization, cloud migration, data extraction and reporting, and program support. Enterprise Horizon is committed to technical excellence and exceptional customer service, working closely with clients to ensure mission success and efficiency.

📋 Description

• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments • Administer and maintain SQL Server Cluster environments and standalone SQL databases • Create, install, configure, and manage SQL databases and database servers • Perform SQL Server installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, and scheduled maintenance • Maintain and troubleshoot database High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions • Perform advanced SQL Server performance tuning and optimization • Analyze database performance metrics and identify queries, indexes, configurations, and infrastructure affecting database performance • Develop and maintain SQL scripts and database administration automation • Design and support database backup, restore, recovery, and DR processes • Monitor database health, capacity, availability, and performance using enterprise monitoring tools such as Idera and SolarWinds • Conduct proactive capacity planning and recommend infrastructure or configuration improvements • Troubleshoot database-related application integrations, including integrations with enterprise applications such as SharePoint • Manage database support requests, incidents, and change requests through ServiceNow • Lead troubleshooting efforts and root cause analysis for complex database incidents • Develop and maintain database configuration and administration standards • Support database security, auditing, encryption, and compliance requirements • Work directly with technical teams and customer stakeholders to resolve database issues • Participate in scheduled after-hours patching, server reboots, and support activities • Document activities and contribute to required weekly customer support reports

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in database administration and related database disciplines • Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration experience • Hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server • Hands-on experience with SQL Server Clustering • Hands-on experience with SQL scripting • Hands-on experience with database provisioning/configuration • Hands-on experience with backup and restoration • Hands-on experience with performance tuning • Hands-on experience with database/server patching • Hands-on experience with High Availability • Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery • Hands-on experience with monitoring and alerting • Hands-on experience with database security • Hands-on experience with incident management and root cause analysis • Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills • Ability to independently resolve complex database and server issues • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Current or previous Microsoft or SQL-related professional certification (preferred) • Federal government IT experience (preferred) • Cloud database administration experience (preferred) • ServiceNow experience (preferred) • Idera and/or SolarWinds experience (preferred) • Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and MS Access (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision • Life Insurance, Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability • SIMPLE IRA with Company Match • Federal Holidays • Vacation & Sick Leave • $500 Referral Bonus