TECHEAD is celebrating over thirty-five years of incredible heritage, talent, and accomplishments! To learn more about TECHEAD, visit us at TECHEAD.com or on Glassdoor.
Job Overview
We are seeking a senior SQL Database Administrator (DBA) to support Navy Fleet Readiness and Homeland Security. In this role, you will manage, maintain, and optimize MS SQL Servers in a secure government environment, ensuring high availability (99.99%), strict Information Assurance (IA) compliance, Zero Trust alignment, and robust backup/recovery operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Database Administration & Maintenance: Manage all MS SQL services to ensure peak performance ($>99.99\%$ uptime). Configure daily backups and perform monthly restore verifications to ensure zero data loss.
- Security & Compliance: Maintain server security postures. Ensure strict compliance with IA policies, STIGs, IAVA standards, and DoD Zero Trust architecture. Assist with Certification & Accreditation (C&A) submissions.
- Performance Tuning & Optimization: Audit, baseline, troubleshoot, and optimize slow-performing databases. Ensure Transact-SQL code is optimized, efficient, and bug-free (including index tuning and custom statistics).
- BI & Development Support: Develop and maintain Analysis Services (DAX, OLAP/MOLAP), SQL Reporting Services (SSRS), Data Transformation Services, Availability Groups, clustering, and SQL Agent jobs. Conduct pre-production code reviews for programmers and analysts.
- Operations & Cloud Support: Support monthly Authorized Service Interruptions (ASIs) and emergent outages. Oversee cloud service providers, cloud infrastructure data migrations, and database application design.
- Reporting & Planning: Develop Plans of Action and Milestones (POAMs) for all projects. Document database changes and report system health, malfunctions, and future capacity needs directly to the government lead.
Job Requirements
Experience & Education
- Experience: Minimum 8 years of experience as a Microsoft SQL Server DBA, including in-depth experience in database theory, design, planning, implementation, and programming.
- Education: * Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science/Engineering OR * Associate Degree in Computer Science + 2 additional years of relevant experience.
- Core Technical Skills:
- Minimum 6 years of experience with Transact-SQL (T-SQL) and PowerShell.
- Minimum 4 years of experience with Windows O/S, distributed computing architecture (client networking, SAN, and virtualization via Hyper-V/VMware).
- Direct experience in Microsoft .NET programming (C# or VB.NET).
Certifications & Clearance
- Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret Clearance.
- DoD 8570 Baseline Certification: IAT Level II certification (typically CompTIA Security+ CE).
- Microsoft Certification: MCSE: Data Platform or MCSE: Data Management and Analytics (must align with a current, Microsoft-published certification path).
TECHEAD's mission is to make our associates successful by placing them in the right environment so they can grow and prosper. How we treat and respond to our clients and employees is a reflection of who we are and makes us stand out from the rest. Keeping our business focused on building and maintaining relationships with our employees and clients is the key to our success. We won't strive for anything
less.
TECHEAD provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and tra
ining.For more information on TECHEAD please visit www.techea
d.com.No second parties will be acc
epted.