Database Administrator- SQL with Security Clearance

Adventure Technology Services; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) with 8% match

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Generous PTO

Job summary

Adventure Technology Services, a Columbia, MD-based IT contractor, seeks an experienced Database Administrator with a TS/SCI clearance and polygraph. The role focuses on maintaining database integrity, security, and high availability across the lifecycle for federal programs.

The DBA will perform disaster recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring, evaluate DBMS options, and manage both database and application servers while ensuring efficient data organization and storage.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience as a DBA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required.
• Knowledge of database integrity, security, availability, and lifecycle.
• Experience in disaster recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Maintains database integrity, security, availability, and compliance with business processes throughout the life cycle.
• Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.
• Evaluates and recommends database management system products and administers database and application servers.
• Organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage.

Education

Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

MariaDB

Postgres

Job description

Adventure Technology Services is a small IT contractor headquartered in Columbia, MD that provides high level solutions to Federal Government customers and is always looking for high quality professionals to join our team. Position Title: Database Administrator Required Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph Location: Columbia, MD Description:

The Database Administrator maintains database integrity, security, availability, and compliance with business processes throughout the life cycle.

Knowledge in use of the following databases: Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, Postgres

Performs disaster recovery, performance analysis and tuning, index maintenance, and monitoring.

Evaluates and recommends database management system products. Performs database and application server administration. Organizes and formats data for efficient query and storage. Education & Related Experience: Ten (10) years of experience as a DBA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required. Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Four (4) years of additional DBA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Salary Range: $135-$165k annually Salary ranges are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to: Knowledge, skills, & abilities Years of experience Education/Certifications Program placement Duties & responsibilities Internal equity More detailed information will be provided once those factors are known and addressed.

OVERTIME STATEMENT: 40 hours is the standard workweek. Some programs may allow additional hours to be worked as needed. A limited number of programs have on-call requirements where compensation is provided for being engaged to wait. In all circumstances, technical employees will be paid for all time worked.

BONUS STATEMENT:

All billable employees are eligible to earn quarterly bonuses that are based on the number of hours worked for that period. This hourly requirement is roughly 92% of hours available to bill in a given quarter. Quarterly Hours Bonuses are paid out on the same payroll as the time worked in that prior quarter (typically 21 days after the quarter ends.)

Adventure offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes: Health, Dental, and Vision coverage 401(k) with 8% matching Adventure-paid Life, Short-, and Long-Term Disability insurances Generous PTO, Holiday, and Emergency Leave