Senior SQL Platform Engineer - Onsite DC, CI/CD & IaC

System One

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Job summary

System One in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior SQL Database Platform Engineer to deliver on-premises SQL Server and PostgreSQL administration as automated, FISMA-compliant code for a federal contract. This role requires U.S.

citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance, with 100% onsite work. You will design CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, build IaC with PowerShell and Ansible, automate backups and health checks, and implement security controls.

Qualifications

  • Senior engineer to deliver database server administration for on-premises SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments as automated, FISMA-compliant code.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines in GitLab for database server builds, upgrades, patching, and configuration changes across SQL Server and PostgreSQL.
  • Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (PowerShell, Ansible) to provision and enforce desired state for on-premises database servers.
  • Develop PowerShell scripts and T-SQL stored procedures to automate routine tasks.
  • Automate routine maintenance — backups, health checks, patch cycles, drift remediation.
  • Embed security and compliance in the pipeline: vulnerability scanning, hardening, and FISMA control evidence for PostgreSQL ATO.
  • Documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer.
  • Database Administration & Operations: install, configure, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server instances; manage backups, DR; monitor performance; perform maintenance; manage security; emphasize performance tuning.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines
PowerShell
Ansible
T-SQL
SQL Server
PostgreSQL
Performance tuning
Automation

Tools

GitLab CI/CD
Powershell

Job description

System One in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior SQL Database Platform Engineer to deliver on-premises SQL Server and PostgreSQL administration as automated, FISMA-compliant code for a federal contract. This role requires U.S.

citizenship and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance, with 100% onsite work. You will design CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, build IaC with PowerShell and Ansible, automate backups and health checks, and implement security controls.

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