Senior SQL Infrastructure Lead for Enterprise DB & Security

Goldbelt, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Tax-deferred savings options

Job summary

Goldbelt Inc. is seeking an Infrastructure Database Subject Matter Expert Lead to secure and optimize our SQL Server environments. You will provide technical leadership, set standards, and guide a team of DBAs and engineers across on-prem and cloud deployments.

You will drive capacity planning, performance tuning, security hardening per STIG/IAVA, and disaster recovery planning, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability for mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience managing SQL Server databases and infrastructure.
• Experience in DoD or Federal Oracle environments is a plus.
• IT-II security clearance or higher at proposal time.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT II certification or CE certification required.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of SQL Server infrastructures for scalability and performance.
• Provide technical leadership to DBAs and engineers; mentor team members.
• 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.
• Implement access controls, encryption, and auditing for regulatory compliance.
• Lead upgrades, patching, and migrations with minimal downtime.
• Design high availability and disaster recovery strategies.
• Tune performance and troubleshoot bottlenecks proactively.
• Evaluate new DB technologies and trends for potential adoption.
• Collaborate with vendors/partners to evaluate and implement tools.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Cloud SQL/IaaS/PaaS

Team leadership

Project management

DoD cybersecurity STIG/IAVA

Windows Server / AD

Tools

VMware

Active Directory

Windows Server

Failover Clustering

Always On Availability Groups

Backup/Recovery tools

Job description

Goldbelt Inc. is seeking an Infrastructure Database Subject Matter Expert Lead to secure and optimize our SQL Server environments. You will provide technical leadership, set standards, and guide a team of DBAs and engineers across on-prem and cloud deployments.

You will drive capacity planning, performance tuning, security hardening per STIG/IAVA, and disaster recovery planning, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability for mission-critical systems.