The Role
Administers, secures, monitors, automates, and modernizes highly available Microsoft SQL Server environments. Leads configuration, hardening, resiliency, protection, compliance, and performance optimization across production databases. Serves as the SQL Server subject matter expert, collaborates with architecture and engineering teams, evaluates emerging technologies, and transitions database solutions into operational use.
Summary Generated by Built In
Varen, an SAIC company is seeking an experienced Database Administrator to join our team. This position in located in Suitland, MD and requires an active TS/SCI with polygraph to be considered.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Provides high-performance, highly available, and secure Microsoft SQL Server database services.
- Oversees implementation, configuration, hardening, availability, resiliency, protection, automation, administration, and monitoring of multiple SQL Server environments.
- Participates in design, engineering, implementation, and modification of production database environments. Proactively monitors and assesses platforms for efficiency, optimal configuration, and security compliance.
- Works with IT architecture and engineering teams to research and implement new technologies for database modernization.
- Oversees implementation, configuration, hardening, availability, resiliency, protection, automation, administration, and monitoring of multiple SQL server DB environments.
- Act as the Microsoft SQL server SME.
- Monitor and assess deployed platforms, ensure they are operating efficiently, optimally, and are configured properly, and they are secured within vendor guidance, best practices, and required information assurance and security (INFOSEC) compliance and Government requirements.
- Explore, research, analyze, assess, implement, and transition new technologies to an operational state to modernize and improve on existing MS SQL solutions
- Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
- TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Experience with Microsoft SQL
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree and nine or more years of experience
- Master's degree and seven or more years of experience
- PhD or JD and four or more years of experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server
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