SQL Server Cloud Database Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $104k - $166k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

📀 Database Administrator

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10,000+ employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Peraton is a mission-focused enterprise that supports national security initiatives through advanced IT and cyber services. They provide capabilities in areas such as cyber defense, cloud operations, engineering, and intelligence. With a commitment to solving complex challenges, Peraton integrates data-driven technologies to ensure mission success for their military and government clients.

📋 Description

• Lead planning, installation, configuration, and optimization of Microsoft SQL Server environments in AWS cloud-hosted infrastructures • Architect and implement high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions using Always On Availability Groups, Windows Failover Clustering, replication, and log shipping • Automate database functions and provide data migration solutions • Facilitate innovation discussions and present value and outcomes to executive audiences • Provide technical leadership to the DBA team, mentor junior staff, review technical deliverables, and reinforce best practices • Develop and maintain database security controls and auditing solutions for CIS, SCSEM, and federal compliance requirements • Analyze NESSUS scan results, remediate vulnerabilities, and document compliance • Implement and manage database encryption and key rotation using SQL Server TDE, TLS, and AWS KMS • Direct backup, restore, and disaster-recovery processes, including verification and testing • Conduct performance analysis, capacity planning, and proactive monitoring using Datadog and other monitoring tools • Coordinate database patching, upgrades, maintenance windows, and certificate management • Perform advanced query tuning and execution-plan analysis • Integrate database deployments with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab and Liquibase • Automate operational tasks using PowerShell, AWS CLI, or Python • Maintain standardized procedures, operational runbooks, and change-management protocols • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and security teams to resolve issues and ensure database reliability • Participate in technical design reviews and provide architectural guidance • Lead complex incident and problem resolution, root-cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions • Engage subject-matter experts or vendor support for escalated issues • Review, approve, and implement database change requests • Maintain comprehensive database configuration and operational documentation • Participate in 24x7 production on-call rotations

🎯 Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen • Ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance • Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 12 years of experience • Minimum 7 years of production Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience supporting enterprise-scale environments • Experience with SQL Server 2019/2022 in virtualized and high-availability configurations • Advanced knowledge of Always On Availability Groups, replication, log shipping, SQL Agent jobs, maintenance plans, and Ola Hallengren maintenance frameworks • Experience with AWS RDS databases PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Redshift • Experience with SQL Server performance tuning using execution plans, DMVs, extended events, and wait statistics • Strong understanding of AWS VPC networking concepts, including subnets, routing, and security groups, as they relate to database deployments • Experience with AWS EC2, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, AWS Backup, AWS IAM, AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Systems Manager, Parameter Store, and AWS KMS • Strong understanding of Windows Server, Active Directory, and Group Managed Service Accounts • Strong PowerShell scripting skills for automation and administration • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences, including leadership • Experience working effectively in a remote environment and collaborating across distributed teams • Experience with Transact-SQL development and scripting

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life insurance • Health savings account • Short-term disability • Long-term disability • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Parental leave • 401(k) • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation • Company-paid holidays • Potential overtime eligibility • Shift differential eligibility • Discretionary bonus eligibility

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