[Remote] Senior SQL Server Database Administrator
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Maximus is an equal opportunity employer seeking a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator to manage and optimize enterprise database environments across on-premises and cloud platforms. The role focuses on database installation, configuration, high availability, backup and recovery, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, deployments, upgrades, and collaboration with stakeholders and database administration teams.
Responsibilities
- Implement industry best practices for consistent modularized installation and configuration for production and non-production environments, including self-service options to service teams using a DevOps mindset and principles
- Identify cost saving opportunities surrounding compute, storage, and other cloud resources
- Troubleshoot, track, and resolve complex database issues, identify recurring problems, and apply fixes
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to gather requirements and engineer solutions that meets business needs
- Install, configure, and document high availability and business continuity solutions as per business requirements
- Implement sound backup and recovery policies and procedures using cloud based backup solutions
- Monitor production database systems and proactively mitigate performance and configuration issues
- Lead the database deployments, tech upgrades, and approved changes
- May provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Work will be remote with the expectation for occasional in-person meetings in Bethesda, MD
- Must be able to obtain Public Trust suitability determination
- 5 years of experience in conducting SQL Server database administration
- Extensive experience in administering SQL Server database in standalone and clustered architecture on Windows on premises and in cloud environments
- Extensive experience in SQL Server backup/recovery, configure failover cluster, setup jobs and monitoring
- Strong T SQL, performance tuning, and troubleshooting skills
- Experience with SQL Server reporting services, integration services, and analysis services
- Experience with federal database security standards spanning NIST 800-53, NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), FedRAMP, FISMA, STIG Hardening, Database Auditing, Zero Trust Architecture, Continuous Monitoring
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale database environments
- SQL Server performance tuning and optimization
- Backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning
- Database migration and upgrades
- Experience with cloud database platforms
- Experience with federal systems
- Experience leading database administration teams
- Experiences with SQL Server 2016/2019/2022, SQL Server on Windows, and MySQL on Ubuntu are preferred
Benefits
- Work will be remote with the expectation for occasional in-person meetings in Bethesda, MD.
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- A retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Short- and long-term incentives
- Program-specific awards
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