Senior SQL Server Engineer – On‑Site DC

Eliassen Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Database Engineer on-site in Washington, DC to install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases while supporting enterprise open‑source data platforms. The role emphasizes security, availability, and performance across mission‑critical environments, collaborating with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams.

This contract-to-hire position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Residency with an active Public Trust.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a database administrator supporting SQL and Oracle environments.
• Oracle and SQL certifications required.
• Experience with SQL Server 2012–2022 and Oracle on Linux/Windows.

Responsibilities

• Install and configure Microsoft SQL Server instances and tools (SSMS, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS).
• Set up databases, servers, and infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage SQL Server clustering, Always On, high availability solutions.
• Monitor database performance, integrity, and security.
• Plan and execute upgrades, patches, and migrations (on-premises to Azure).
• Troubleshoot errors, bottlenecks, and deadlocks.
• Analyze query execution plans and optimize SQL queries.
• Use SQL Profiler, Extended Events, and Performance Monitor for diagnostics.
• Administer accounts, roles, and permissions and audit activities.
• Maintain documentation for environments and changes.
• Generate performance, growth, and usage reports.
• Support Azure managed instances and SQL STIG/TDE compliance.
• Participate in DR testing and on-call rotations.
• Monthly database patching participation.

Skills

SQL Server

Always On

Azure

Performance tuning

Security/compliance

Education

Oracle certification

SQL certification

Tools

SSMS

SSRS

SSIS

SSAS

Azure Managed Instance

AWS RDS/EC2

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Database Engineer on-site in Washington, DC to install, configure, and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases while supporting enterprise open‑source data platforms. The role emphasizes security, availability, and performance across mission‑critical environments, collaborating with development, DevOps, and infrastructure teams.

This contract-to-hire position requires US Citizenship or Permanent Residency with an active Public Trust.