Mission-Critical DB Administrator: SQL Server & PostgreSQL

Apex Systems; Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking an Intermediate Database Administrator to support Department of Defense information systems in Suffolk, Virginia. The role focuses on administering, maintaining, securing, and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments to ensure reliability and performance for critical applications.

The successful candidate will support RMF compliance, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity initiatives while collaborating with system administrators, developers,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related discipline or equivalent combination of education, certifications, and relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience administering enterprise database environments.
• Experience supporting Microsoft SQL Server in production environments.
• Experience supporting PostgreSQL in production environments.
• Experience with database backup and recovery processes.
• Experience with database performance monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with database security administration and access controls.
• Experience supporting highly available and mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, monitor, and support Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL database environments.
• Ensure database availability, reliability, integrity, confidentiality, and performance.
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, and migrations.
• Design, implement, and maintain backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning and optimization strategies.
• Configure and support high-availability solutions including clustering, failover, and replication technologies.
• Implement and maintain database security controls, auditing, and access management.
• Support RMF compliance activities and cybersecurity initiatives.

Skills

DBA experience

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Backup & recovery

Security administration

RMF compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SSMS

PowerShell

Python

Bash

SQL scripting

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking an Intermediate Database Administrator to support Department of Defense information systems in Suffolk, Virginia. The role focuses on administering, maintaining, securing, and optimizing Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments to ensure reliability and performance for critical applications.

The successful candidate will support RMF compliance, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity initiatives while collaborating with system administrators, developers,