Onsite Senior DBA - Cloud & On-Prem Data Modernization

Zachary Piper Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Paid holidays

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Database Administrator to join a federal IT consulting organization supporting an FBI modernization program in Huntsville, Alabama. This 100% onsite role manages mission-critical databases across cloud and on‑prem environments, improving performance, security, and availability while transitioning legacy data platforms to modern cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities include configuring and maintaining relational and NoSQL databases, optimizing queries,

Qualifications

• Active TS clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in database administration or data platform operations.
• Expertise administering enterprise relational databases such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL.
• Hands-on experience with SQL optimization, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
• Experience with cloud database platforms; AWS RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB preferred.

Responsibilities

• Configure, administer, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases; monitor health, storage, performance, and availability.
• Optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, indexes, and configurations to improve throughput.
• Manage backups, restores, patching, upgrades, replication, and recovery processes.
• Implement encryption, auditing, RBAC, and database hardening in partnership with security teams.
• Support cloud database migrations, troubleshoot data pipelines, and maintain runbooks and reports.

Skills

Active TS clearance

8+ years experience

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

SQL optimization

Data security

Cloud migrations

DevSecOps

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS RDS

Aurora

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

MySQL

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Senior Database Administrator to join a federal IT consulting organization supporting an FBI modernization program in Huntsville, Alabama. This 100% onsite role manages mission-critical databases across cloud and on‑prem environments, improving performance, security, and availability while transitioning legacy data platforms to modern cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities include configuring and maintaining relational and NoSQL databases, optimizing queries,