Senior SQL Server DBA (Remote) — Mission-Critical Data

DecisionPoint | Cortek; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

DecisionPoint seeks two Senior Database Administrators to support daily Microsoft SQL Server operations, monitoring, maintenance, security, and recovery for mission applications and data warehousing. These roles are remote, with Chicago-area candidates preferred, and require collaboration with architects, engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and government stakeholders.

The positions emphasize patching, backups, schema changes, and strong documentation practices to ensure reliable database

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 8+ years of professional experience
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration
• Experience performing database patching
• Experience administering database access controls
• Experience with database performance tuning
• Experience performing database backup and recovery
• Ability to monitor and troubleshoot daily database operations
• Ability to support warehouse operations and approved schema changes

Responsibilities

• Perform daily monitoring and administration of Microsoft SQL Server environments.
• Monitor database availability, performance, capacity, and system alerts.
• Execute scheduled maintenance, integrity checks, indexing, and statistics updates.
• Plan and implement approved database patches with rollback prep.
• Administer database accounts, roles, permissions, and service access.
• Review access configurations and support validation.
• Execute backups, investigate failures, and maintain backup records.
• Perform restores and recovery testing to verify recoverability.
• Coordinate changes with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, blocking, and performance degradation.
• Tune queries, indexes, and maintenance processes.
• Support warehouse operations, scheduled loads, and data integration dependencies.
• Implement approved schema changes and database objects.
• Maintain runbooks and documentation.

Skills

Microsoft SQL Server administration

Database performance tuning

Backup and recovery

Daily database monitoring

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

CompTIA Security+ CE or IAT Level II

Tools

SQL Server Agent

Transact-SQL

Database scripting

Job description

DecisionPoint seeks two Senior Database Administrators to support daily Microsoft SQL Server operations, monitoring, maintenance, security, and recovery for mission applications and data warehousing. These roles are remote, with Chicago-area candidates preferred, and require collaboration with architects, engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and government stakeholders.

The positions emphasize patching, backups, schema changes, and strong documentation practices to ensure reliable database