Remote SQL Server DBA — AWS, HA, Cloud & Security Focus

Peraton

United States

Remote

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Job summary

Peraton is looking to hire a Mid-Level Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator with hands-on production experience in AWS EC2 and RDS for SQL Server. You will ensure performance, availability, backups, and security for multiple user groups.

Location: Remote. Shift Schedule: 8am–5pm EST; this role participates in 24x7 on-call rotations for the production environment and collaborates with global teams to maintain database health and compliance.

Qualifications

Must be a U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance.
Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years experience, or Associate's with 7+ years, or HS diploma with 9+ years.
Minimum 5 years Microsoft SQL Server DBA production support experience.
Experience with SQL Server virtualization and Always On availability options (replication - transactional or log shipping and Always On).
Experience with SQL Maintenance Plans, SQL Agent jobs, and Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solutions.
Experience with MS Windows Security Domains, Networking, and Group Managed Service Accounts.
Experience with AWS cloud operations for EC2 and RDS for SQL Server.
Experience with IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD automation (GitLab and Liquibase).

Responsibilities

Install SQL Server instances in Standalone, Windows Failover Cluster, and Availability Groups.
Cloud hosting (AWS) including SQL Server RDS.
Develop, test, deploy and maintain security and audit solutions.
Implement CIS and SCSEM hardening standards.
Review NESSUS scans to remediate vulnerabilities and database compliance findings.
Schedule, monitor, and validate database backups and restores.
Monitor metrics collection jobs for performance, availability, and capacity planning through Datadog.
Schedule and apply DB upgrades, patches, and certificates.
Follow best practices, work plans, checklists, and defined processes.
Proactively support application teams as needed.
Participate in project technical reviews. Lead work product reviews.
Develop and maintain database support documentation.
Responsible for complex database incidents and problems, providing resolutions in a timely manner.
Engage SMEs or vendors to resolve more complex incidents as required.
Implement customer database change requests.