Job Title - Database Administrator

Job Location - Silver Spring, MD / Washington, DC

Job Duration - 12 Months with possibility of an extension

Work Module - Onsite

Primary Responsibilities:

The candidate will be a part dynamic team that supports Enterprise Scale Infrastructure consisting of hybrid environment. Responsible for ownership of databases and web applications that supports various customer base.

Daily Duties:

• Develop and maintain, administer databases, and business applications running on MS SQL, MySQL, Azure Managed SQL instances, and database hosted on Linux server instances.
• Analyze business applications, databases and web-based systems on-premises and in-cloud, document, and update SOPs, on configuration management and troubleshooting.
• Ensure change/configuration management practices are applied to the Database/application environment.
• Track, monitor, and support trouble tickets reported around database/business application environment.
• Track, monitor and optimize database performance.

• Maintain and operate MS IIS, WordPress and Apache webhosting services.
• Collaborate in scanning database vulnerabilities and assist security team for tracking and closing vulnerabilities reported around business applications and database servers.
• Evaluate and recommend database, business applications monitoring solutions to the business.
• Coordinate with System Engineering team and project manager for ensuring Database/Business Applications are compliant with FedRAMP requirements.
• Verify and validate database, business application backup and recovery operations.
• Perform in-depth troubleshooting for reported issues, provide root cause analysis and solution to reported problems.
• Identify long-term improvement opportunities to enhance database/business application management, cost, performance, and security.
• Maintain inventory - hardware/software for the assets that are related to database, business applications and provide in-time reporting as needed.
• Support customer requests around authentication, access, performance tickets reported in the IT service management (ServiceNow) platform.
• Regularly review and update service tickets.

Qualifications:

Public Trust Clearance is required.

• Possess and maintain in good standings recent certification related to the technology - Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator, MCSA for SQL 2019 or later.
• At least 6 years of experience managing diverse database and business application administration, troubleshooting and management.
• Demonstrated experience administering MS SQL, MySQL, Gitlab,
• Demonstrated experience reviewing, evaluating, designing, implementing, and maintaining database[s].
• Demonstrated experience identifying data sources, constructing data decomposition diagrams, providing data flow diagrams, and documenting the process.
• Demonstrated experience writing codes for database access, modifications, and constructions including stored procedures.

• Demonstrated experience developing and formulating standards, procedures, and conventions for database use. Works with technical/programming staff to ensure database security.
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Performs a variety of complicated tasks.