Overview

DecisionPointseeks a Database Administrator (SQL/MySQL) to support daily database operations, maintenance, security, and optimization for a large federal and DoD-aligned mission environment. This role ensures the reliability and performance of SQL and MySQL database platforms across development, testing, staging, and production environments.

The SQL/MySQL DBAis responsible formanaging maintenance plans, backups, monitoring, schema updates, indexing strategies, and troubleshooting database issues thatimpactenterprise applications and data workflows.

This position is fully remote.

Duties & Responsibilities

The SQL/MySQL Database Administrator will:

• Perform routine SQL and MySQL database administration, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization.

• Implement maintenance plans, database job schedules, and automated housekeeping routines.

• Execute backup and recovery operations, ensuring successful validation and integrity of stored data.

• Apply patches, minor version upgrades, and configuration changesin accordance withchange control practices.

• Manage schema updates, indexing improvements, table maintenance, and performance tuning.

• Troubleshoot query bottlenecks, connection issues, performance degradation, and system errors.

• Support RMF and DoD cybersecurity requirements across SQL and MySQL database platforms.

• Maintain database documentation, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks.

• Collaborate with developers tooptimizedatabase queries, stored procedures, andintegrationworkflows.

• Work alongside cybersecurity teams to remediate vulnerabilities and implement STIG compliance.

• Supportrefreshes, deployments, data migrations, and environment synchronization activities.

• Provide recommendations to improve database efficiency, storage use, and overall performance.

Qualifications

Clearance Requirement

Must hold an active Top Secret clearance, supported by a Tier 5 background investigation.

Education (Required)

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Database Administration, ora relatedtechnical field.

Experience (Required)

• Minimum5 yearsof experience administering SQL and/or MySQL databases.

• Experience with database maintenance, tuning, monitoring, and patching.

• Experience supporting databases in development,test, staging, and production environments.

• Experience troubleshooting indexing, schema issues, and performance bottlenecks.

• Experience applying DoD cybersecurity and RMF-related security controls.

Technical Knowledge (Required)

• Strongexpertisewith SQL Server and/or MySQL database platforms.

• Proficiencyin SQL scripting, query optimization, and performance tuning.

• Knowledge of encryption, auditing, access control, and DoD security settings.

• Familiarity with database backup and recovery tools and methodologies.

• Experience with monitoring and performance analytics frameworks.

Technical Knowledge (Preferred)

• Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational database systems.

• Experience with IL5 cloud-hosted database services.

• Familiarity withDevSecOpspipelines and automated database deployments.

Certifications

Required:

• CompTIA Security+

• SQL or MySQL vendor certification (e.g., Microsoft SQL Certification, MySQL DBA Certification)

Preferred:

• AWS Database Specialty

• CISSP or CCSP

Skills

• Strong problem solving and diagnostic abilities for database issues.

• Clear communication skills for cross-functional technical coordination.

• High attention to detail and commitment toaccurateconfigurations and documentation.

• Ability to prioritize and manage tasks across multiple environments.
• Commitment to secure, high-performing database operations.