Big challenges need bold thinkers.
If you’re someone who sees problems as opportunities, you’ll thrive here. RESPEC is 100% employee-owned, which means we take ownership of every challenge. Here, your ideas drive real solutions. Since 1969, we’ve tackled complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability.
At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.
We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.
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Job DescriptionRESPEC is hiring four Senior Database Administrators (DBAs) — two Senior SQL DBAs and two Senior Oracle DBAs — to support a large-scale federal program advancing modernization and mission-critical database operations. These cleared, remote roles will ensure the reliability, performance, and security of diverse enterprise database environments across multiple technologies.
Ideal candidates are seasoned technical experts with over eight years of hands-on experience in database administration, system tuning, patching, clustering, and troubleshooting across SQL and Oracle systems. You will work in a collaborative, security-conscious team tasked with sustaining and optimizing high-availability architectures that support federal operational and analytical systems.
Responsibilities:
- Database Operations and Maintenance
- Administer, configure, and maintain SQL Server, Oracle, and related database environments (including clustered and standalone implementations).
- Perform daily monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to ensure optimal system operations.
- Apply and test patches, handle upgrades, and manage database versions and migrations.
- Development and Optimization
- Support schema design, storage strategies, indexing, and query optimization.
- Develop and maintain processes, scripts, and tools for database automation, fault monitoring, and auditing.
- High Availability & Recovery
- Design, implement, and test backup/recovery procedures and disaster recovery solutions.
- Ensure replication, failover, and clustering configurations meet uptime requirements.
- Security & Compliance
- Implement and enforce database security controls, user management, and access policies.
- Maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity and data handling standards.
- Collaboration & Documentation
- Partner with systems engineers, developers, and project teams to integrate databases with applications and cloud services.
- Maintain complete documentation of database configurations, architectures, and standard operating procedures.
Experience: Minimum of 8 years in database administration for enterprise-scale systems.
- Technical Proficiency: Hands-on expertise across the following:
- MS SQL / SQL Server
- SQL Cluster Environments
- Oracle Database
- MariaDB
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Microsoft Access
- Core Competencies:
- Advanced knowledge of database design, clustering, replication, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Proven experience managing performance tuning, patching, and version upgrades.
- Skilled in backup management, monitoring tools, and storage optimization.
- Strong understanding of schema changes, stored procedures, and access control models.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required (federal contract requirement).
- Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; active clearance highly preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Recent experience supporting federal health, defense, or civilian agency database environments.
- Familiarity with ITIL service management principles and enterprise ticketing systems.
- Experience designing and supporting cloud or hybrid database solutions (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or OCI).
- Industry certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure/SQL Database Administrator Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, AWS Database Specialty).
Work Schedule:
- Remote with Federal Agency in Washington, DC
Compensation: Salary depends on experience and expertise. Compensation includes a comprehensive fringe-benefits package. RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company and employees are eligible for participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) after a qualifying period.
Featured benefits include:
· Flexible Work Schedules
· Paid Parental Leave
· 401(k) & ESOP (with company match up to 4%)
· Professional Development and Training
· Tuition Reimbursement
· Employee Assistance Program
· Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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What We Do
In a world where one superhero can handle almost any problem, our entire team of award-winning technology experts is on a mission to make your business better.
With extra vision to see solutions that others can’t and vast knowledge to bridge the gaps that others don’t, we’re transformers with the know-how to solve the world’s hardest problems. At RESPEC, we thrive on technology and making our clients successful. This is why we do what we do.
From the depths of a cavern to the heights of a volcano, from an antiquated computer system to a business in dire need of re-engineering, our technical and business experts find solutions for extreme situations... like the time we cleansed and migrated 100 million rows of legacy data or the time we protected Mt. Rushmore.
Know-How is Everything.
We use our resourcefulness and vast experience to solve problems. It’s called know-how. And when you have it, problems aren’t problems at all. Know-how defines the core of who we are. It is how our clients see us. Know-how speaks to ingenuity, aptitude, and skill—it is not merely knowledge; it is knowledge on how to get things done. Imagine having access to a think tank with hundreds of diversely talented engineers, scientists, programmers, and developers under one roof—that’s RESPEC. Each team member is highly trained and skilled in understanding and applying the laws of a specific universe to solve any kind of problem. That’s why we have to talk about our team in terms of superheroes.
