Senior SQL DBA – HA/DR, Multi-Region, Govt Tech

CALNET Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

CALNET, Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain standalone SQL databases, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and security.

The role requires US citizenship, a STEM degree, 8+ years of SQL experience, and professional SQL certifications, with responsibilities spanning provisioning, backup, patching, tuning, HA/DR, monitoring, security, scripting, and incident management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field required.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in SQL.
• Professional SQL certifications required.
• Experience in: SQL, SQL Server, SQL Clustering, SQL Scripting, PL/SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL.

Responsibilities

• Provisioning & Config: Defines standards & golden configs.
• Backup/Restore: Governs strategy & drills.
• Patching: Sets cadence & risk controls.
• Performance Tuning: Internals/optimizer/storage tuning.
• High Availability (HA) / Disaster Recovery (DR): Architect multi-region DR.
• Monitoring & Alerting: Define SLOs & unified taxonomy.
• Security & Compliance: Owns policy & audits.
• Scripting & Automation: Standards & governance.
• Incident Management: Incident command & prevention.

Skills

US Citizenship

SQL experience

8+ years in SQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree in STEM

Tools

SQL Server

SQL Clustering

SQL Scripting

PL/SQL

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

CALNET, Inc. in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior SQL Database Administrator to design, implement, and maintain standalone SQL databases, ensuring high availability, disaster recovery, and security.

The role requires US citizenship, a STEM degree, 8+ years of SQL experience, and professional SQL certifications, with responsibilities spanning provisioning, backup, patching, tuning, HA/DR, monitoring, security, scripting, and incident management.