5+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise environments.
Strong SQL Server administration and troubleshooting skills.
Experience with database backup, recovery, and performance tuning.
Responsibilities
Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases for enterprise applications.
Install, configure, maintain, patch, and upgrade SQL Server environments.
Monitor database health, availability, capacity, and performance.
Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.
Develop and maintain backup and recovery processes.
Troubleshoot database performance and availability issues.
Support database security and access-control requirements.
Benefits
Full-time employment with a focus on mission-critical applications.
Opportunity to work in a collaborative environment with technical teams.
Engagement in high-impact projects supporting federal services.
Access to professional development and training opportunities.
Full Job Description
Senior SQL Database Administrator
Application Deadline: 20 November 2026
Department: Federal Services
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Washington, DC
Compensation: $110,000 - $145,000 / year
Description
Senior SQL Database Administrator (Senior SQL DBA) to provide enterprise database administration and operational support for Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting mission-critical applications. The successful candidate will help ensure database availability, reliability, performance and security while working independently and collaborating with application-development and other technical teams.
Key Responsibilities
Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases supporting enterprise applications.
Install, configure, maintain, patch and upgrade SQL Server environments.
Monitor database health, availability, capacity and performance.
Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.
Develop and maintain database backup and recovery processes.
Troubleshoot database performance and availability issues.
Support database security and access-control requirements.
Assist application-development teams with database design and configuration.
Support database changes associated with application releases.
Maintain database configurations and technical documentation.
Support production database incident and problem resolution.
Collaborate with .NET developers, Azure developers, DevOps engineers and other technical personnel.
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration and troubleshooting.
Enterprise production database support.
Database performance analysis and tuning.
Backup and recovery practices.
Database security and access control.
Database configuration, maintenance, patching and upgrades.
Support for business-critical enterprise applications.
Ability to work effectively with software-development, Azure and DevOps teams.
Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery and database modernization is desirable.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree.
At least 7 years of database administration experience.
At least 5 years of Microsoft SQL Server experience in enterprise production environments.
Strong SQL Server administration and troubleshooting experience.
Experience supporting production databases and business-critical applications.
Experience with database backup and recovery.
Experience with database performance tuning.
Ability to successfully complete the Government-required criminal-history check, fingerprinting and badging process.
