Senior SQL Database Infrastructure Lead

Nisga'a TEK, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nisga'a Tek, LLC seeks an experienced Infrastructure Database Subject Matter Expert Lead to ensure stability, performance, and security of our enterprise database infrastructure. Lead design, optimization, and upgrades of SQL Server environments, provide technical direction, and ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards.

You will mentor DBAs, collaborate with infrastructure and application teams, and drive high availability and disaster recovery implementations across enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in SQL Server infra design, deployment, and optimization.
• Experience with cloud-based SQL and managed database services.
• Deep understanding of DoD cybersecurity requirements and STIGs.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage large SQL projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and optimization of SQL Server database infrastructures for scalability and performance.
• Provide technical leadership to DBAs and engineers, mentoring and guiding teams.
• Develop and enforce database standards, policies, and procedures.
• Plan capacity, monitor performance, and optimize resource use.
• Collaborate with infra and apps teams to meet business needs and integration.
• Implement security controls, encryption, access management, and auditing.
• Oversee upgrades, patches, and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Lead HA/DR strategies including clustering, replication, backup, and recovery.
• Triage performance issues and proactively resolve bottlenecks.
• Evaluate new database technologies and advise on adoption.
• Coordinate with vendors/consultants on tools and solutions.
• Develop trainings and documentation for stakeholders.

Skills

SQL Server Infrastructure

SQL database administration

Cloud databases (IaaS, PaaS, Managed)

DoD cybersecurity management

DISA STIG/IAVA knowledge

Team leadership / mentoring

Capacity planning & performance tuning

Database security & auditing

Upgrade, patch, migration governance

High availability & disaster recovery

Vendor/partner collaboration

Strong written/oral communication in/

Education

IT-II/DFARS 252.239-7001 Information Assurance Contractor Training (IAT Level II) or CE Certification

Security clearance: IT-II or Tier 3/NACLC/ANACI at proposal time

Tools

VMware

Active Directory

Windows Server OS

Windows Failover Clustering

Always On Availability Groups

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Job description

Nisga'a Tek, LLC seeks an experienced Infrastructure Database Subject Matter Expert Lead to ensure stability, performance, and security of our enterprise database infrastructure. Lead design, optimization, and upgrades of SQL Server environments, provide technical direction, and ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards.

You will mentor DBAs, collaborate with infrastructure and application teams, and drive high availability and disaster recovery implementations across enterprise systems.