Senior Infrastructure SQL SME Lead – DoD Enterprise

Enterprise Solutions & Management; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Enterprise Solutions & Management in Arlington, VA, seeks an Infrastructure Database SQL SME Lead to provide technical leadership for enterprise SQL Server infrastructure in a federal environment.

The role focuses on architecture, administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and security, with collaboration across government teams and vendors. A ten-year track record in MS SQL, DoD standards, and strong communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Ten years in database administration and infrastructure management for MS SQL.
• Experience with DoD or Federal SQL environments.
• DoD cybersecurity requirements knowledge.
• Experience with disaster recovery and high availability.
• Ability to lead teams and manage multiple projects.
• Strong communication with government leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise SQL database infrastructure.
• Architect, administer, and tune SQL Server environments.
• Implement high availability and disaster recovery.
• Ensure security and compliance with DoD standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Guide auditing and documentation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Database administration

Problem solving

Written and verbal communication

Government customer liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or IT

DoD 8570 baseline IAT II

MCSA: SQL 2016 DBA

MS Azure DBAA or higher

Secret clearance

Tools

Microsoft SQL Server

MariaDB

MySQL

VMware

Active Directory

Windows Server

Windows Failover Clustering

Always On Availability Groups

Job description

Enterprise Solutions & Management in Arlington, VA, seeks an Infrastructure Database SQL SME Lead to provide technical leadership for enterprise SQL Server infrastructure in a federal environment.

The role focuses on architecture, administration, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, and security, with collaboration across government teams and vendors. A ten-year track record in MS SQL, DoD standards, and strong communication are essential.