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

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Spending accounts

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.