Senior SQL DBA — Enterprise Azure & Mission‑Critical Data

Booz Allen Hamilton; Washington; On-site; USD 87,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Senior SQL Database Administrator to support Navy Records Management with secure, scalable data environments. You will design, optimize, and modernize MS SQL Server architectures in Enterprise Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and compliant data access across large datasets.

The role requires extensive experience in DoD/DoW settings, plus strong skills in performance tuning, migrations, and Power BI-based reporting.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience as a SQL Server DBA within DoD or DoW enterprise environments, including high availability architectures and advanced performance tuning, query optimization, and indexing strategies.
• Experience with MSFT SQL Server within an Enterprise Azure environment.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining complex data architectures.
• Experience managing or supporting projects involving large or sensitive datasets, secure data access controls, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience building dashboards, reports, or metrics using Power BI or SQL Reporting.
• Ability to support Agile delivery, including sprint releases, backlog refinement, and collaboration across cross functional teams.
• Ability to implement data governance, backup or restore strategies, disaster recovery planning, and auditing.
• Ability to apply senior defense and military stakeholder feedback and requirements.
• Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Maintain availability, performance, security, and recovery posture of enterprise databases.
• Design, optimize, and modernize enterprise data environments.
• Coordinate database migrations and ensure secure access across datasets.
• Collaborate with program managers, developers, and stakeholders in Agile projects.
• Provide data governance, backup/restore, and disaster recovery planning.
• Support DoN records management and data modernization initiatives.

Skills

SQL Server

Azure SQL

Power BI

Data governance

Disaster recovery

Security/compliance

High availability

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

SQL Server

Azure SQL

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton seeks a Senior SQL Database Administrator to support Navy Records Management with secure, scalable data environments. You will design, optimize, and modernize MS SQL Server architectures in Enterprise Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and compliant data access across large datasets.

The role requires extensive experience in DoD/DoW settings, plus strong skills in performance tuning, migrations, and Power BI-based reporting.