Senior SQL Database Administrator

TeleSolv Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 145.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

TeleSolv Group is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator in Washington, DC to deliver enterprise SQL Server support for mission-critical applications. You will ensure availability, reliability, performance, and security while coordinating with application development and DevOps teams.

The role requires strong SQL Server expertise, 7+ years in database administration, and the ability to pass government background checks.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree.
• 7+ years of database administration experience.
• 5+ years of Microsoft SQL Server experience in enterprise production environments.
• Strong SQL Server administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience supporting production databases and business-critical applications.
• Experience with database backup and recovery.
• Experience with database performance tuning.
• Ability to successfully complete the Government-required criminal-history check, fingerprinting and badging process.

Responsabilidades

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases supporting enterprise applications.
• Install, configure, maintain, patch and upgrade SQL Server environments.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity and performance.
• Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.
• Develop and maintain database backup and recovery processes.
• Troubleshoot database performance and availability issues.
• Support database security and access-control requirements.
• Assist application-development teams with database design and configuration.
• Support database changes associated with application releases.
• Maintain database configurations and technical documentation.
• Support production database incident and problem resolution.
• Collaborate with .NET developers, Azure developers, DevOps engineers and other technical personnel.

Conocimientos

SQL Server administration

Troubleshooting

Performance tuning

Backup and recovery

Database security

Patching and upgrades

High availability/DR

Collaboration with DevOps/Azure

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Azure

DevOps

SQL Server Management Studio

Descripción del empleo

Senior SQL Database Administrator

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Department: Federal Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Washington, DC

Compensation: $110,000 - $145,000 / year

Description

TeleSolv Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior SQL Database Administrator (Senior SQL DBA) to provide enterprise database administration and operational support for Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting mission-critical applications. The successful candidate will help ensure database availability, reliability, performance and security while working independently and collaborating with application-development and other technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases supporting enterprise applications.
• Install, configure, maintain, patch and upgrade SQL Server environments.
• Monitor database health, availability, capacity and performance.
• Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.
• Develop and maintain database backup and recovery processes.
• Troubleshoot database performance and availability issues.
• Support database security and access-control requirements.
• Assist application-development teams with database design and configuration.
• Support database changes associated with application releases.
• Maintain database configurations and technical documentation.
• Support production database incident and problem resolution.
• Collaborate with .NET developers, Azure developers, DevOps engineers and other technical personnel.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration and troubleshooting.
• Enterprise production database support.
• Database performance analysis and tuning.
• Backup and recovery practices.
• Database security and access control.
• Database configuration, maintenance, patching and upgrades.
• Support for business-critical enterprise applications.
• Ability to work effectively with software-development, Azure and DevOps teams.
• Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery and database modernization is desirable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 7 years of database administration experience.
• At least 5 years of Microsoft SQL Server experience in enterprise production environments.
• Strong SQL Server administration and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience supporting production databases and business-critical applications.
• Experience with database backup and recovery.
• Experience with database performance tuning.
• Ability to successfully complete the Government-required criminal-history check, fingerprinting and badging process.