Senior DBA - Federal Data & Cloud Ops

TechSur Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

TechSurSolutions in the DC area seeks a seasoned Database Administrator to optimize SWARAS databases (SQL Server, AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL) and support data reporting for ETA. The role emphasizes security, backups, performance tuning, and cross-environment operations.

The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years in federal/regulatory settings, hands-on DB experience, and familiarity with RBAC, NIST/FISMA, and reporting platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of database administration in federal or highly regulated environments.
• Hands-on with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS Aurora/RDS; backup/recovery and tuning.
• Experience supporting reporting/analytics systems and production databases.
• FISMA/NIST compliance, audit readiness, and security controls familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Administer, monitor, tune, and maintain SWARAS databases (SQL Server, AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL).
• Ensure availability, performance, indexing, and data integrity across dev, test, prod.
• Develop and maintain backup, restoration, replication, and continuity procedures.
• Support ETA reporting needs, data extraction, validation, and BI reporting.
• Troubleshoot incidents and provide Tier 2/3 support with IT leads.
• Apply RBAC, encryption, patching, and vulnerability remediation per NIST/FISMA.
• Maintain documentation in Confluence/SharePoint and related repos.

Skills

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

AWS Aurora/RDS

Data integrity

Reporting/Analytics

Tuning/Performance

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira

Confluence

Job description

TechSurSolutions in the DC area seeks a seasoned Database Administrator to optimize SWARAS databases (SQL Server, AWS Aurora, PostgreSQL) and support data reporting for ETA. The role emphasizes security, backups, performance tuning, and cross-environment operations.

The ideal candidate will bring 5+ years in federal/regulatory settings, hands-on DB experience, and familiarity with RBAC, NIST/FISMA, and reporting platforms.