Senior Database Administrator - Federal SQL & Cloud (SWARAS)

TechSur Solutions

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

TechSur Solutions is seeking a Database Administrator in the DC metro area to support SWARAS operations for ETA. You will administer SQL Server, AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, and related databases, ensuring availability, data integrity, and performance across environments.

You will back up, restore, and replicate data, support reporting needs with Power BI, and coordinate with Help Desk and DevSecOps. U.S. citizenship required for DOL suitability and public trust eligibility.

Qualifications

5+ years of database administration experience in federal or highly regulated environments.
Hands-on experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora/RDS, backup/recovery, tuning, and data integrity management.
Prior experience with Department of Labor IT programs is REQUIRED.
Experience supporting reporting/analytics systems and production application databases.
Familiarity with AWS-hosted databases, Red Hat Linux/Windows server environments, and ServiceNow/Jira ticket coordination.
U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain DOL Public Trust suitability.
Experience with DOL OCIO, ETA, SWARAS, UI reporting, workforce reporting, grants, or state/federal reporting systems.
AWS Database Specialty, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Security+, or related certifications.
Experience with FISMA Moderate, NIST 800-53, CPIC reporting, POA&M remediation, and audit readiness.

Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, tune, and maintain SWARAS database environments including SQL Server, AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL, and related relational database platforms.
Support database availability, performance tuning, indexing, query optimization, storage management, and data integrity across production, test, and development environments.
Develop and maintain backup, restoration, recovery, replication, and continuity procedures.
Support enterprise reporting and analytics for ETA stakeholders including data extraction, validation, reporting support, and Power BI/data reporting needs.
Troubleshoot data-related incidents and provide Tier 2/Tier 3 technical support in coordination with the Help Desk Lead and DevSecOps Technical Lead.
Apply database security controls, RBAC, audit logging, encryption, patching, and vulnerability remediation per FISMA Moderate and NIST requirements.
Maintain technical documentation, database diagrams, configuration records, and operational procedures in Confluence, SharePoint, or Government-designated repositories.