Senior SQL Server DBA — Data & Cloud Solutions

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off & Holidays

Job summary

Contact Government Services (CGS) is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server, including replication, backups, and performance tuning. The role requires strong experience with SQL Server upgrades and database monitoring within federal contracting environments.

The ideal candidate will handle multiple projects, participate in virtualization using VMware/Hyper-V, and contribute to cloud initiatives across AWS and Azure while supporting enterprise data

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years relevant experience related directly to SQL Server Database Administration
• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently
• Experience with visualization technologies such as VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V
• Experience and knowledge related to source/change control, bug tracking, SDLC, and integration of Relational Databases
• Ability to appropriately handle confidential and/or sensitive materials
• Comfort with and willingness to work in groups and individually on both large and small projects
• Ability to document, explain, and present any task related to decisions and processes

Responsibilities

• Administering Microsoft SQL Server including Replication, Backup/Restore procedures, Capacity Planning, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, and Integration Services
• Migrating databases from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2016
• Providing all aspects of basic systems administration support including planning, execution, testing, installations, and configurations of new hardware and software
• Recommending/implementing solutions for SQL performance monitoring and tuning
• Implement, deploy, and/or support Microsoft Technologies such as Visual Studio Framework, VB.NET, ASP, NET and Web Services
• Support visualization technologies such as VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V, creating and configuring virtual machines
• Performing back ups of the web, application, and database servers according to MPA policies and procedures. This hall includes daily incremental backups and full weekly backups of all volumes of servers
• Performing database activities such as monitoring, space management, and support, as well as extended hours of support for database systems when required

Skills

SQL Server Administration

Database migration

Systems administration

SQL performance tuning

ASP.NET & Visual Studio

VMware & Hyper-V

Backup & restore

Database monitoring

Tools

AWS RDS for PostgreSQL

Azure

VMware

Job description

Contact Government Services (CGS) is seeking a Senior Database Administrator to manage all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server, including replication, backups, and performance tuning. The role requires strong experience with SQL Server upgrades and database monitoring within federal contracting environments.

The ideal candidate will handle multiple projects, participate in virtualization using VMware/Hyper-V, and contribute to cloud initiatives across AWS and Azure while supporting enterprise data