Job description

Required Qualifications: • Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance. • Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience, an Associates Degree and 7 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years of experience • Minimum 5 years Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience including extensive production support required. • Experienced in virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2022 and Microsoft SQL Server High Availability options (replication - transactional or log shipping and Always On). • Experience with SQL Maintenance Plans, SQL Agent jobs, and Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solutions. • Experience with MS Windows Security Domains, Networking, and Group Managed Service Accounts. • Experienced in AWS cloud operations supporting databases on EC2 and RDS instances. • Experience deploying and maintaining Cloud Native Databases leveraging Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation (GitLab and Liquibase) Preferred qualifications: • Excellent written and verbal communications skills. • Ability to independently work remote and collaborate effectively with team members. • Experience with transact/SQL language and programming experience/knowledge is a plus. Peraton is looking to add a Mid-Level Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator with hands-on experience as a production database administrator experienced in AWS EC2 and RDS for SQL Server. The qualified individual will be responsible for meeting service level agreements covering performance, availability, backups, and security for several user groups supporting those application. Location: Remote Shift Schedule: 8am – 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). This position will participate in 24x7 on-call rotations for the production environment. What you will do: • Install Microsoft SQL Server instances in various configurations: • Standalone, Windows Failover Cluster, and Availability Groups • Cloud hosting (AWS) including SQL Server RDS. • Develop, test, deploy and maintain security and audit solutions. • Implement Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Safeguard Computer Security Evaluation Matrix (SCSEM) hardening standards. • Review NESSUS scans to remediate vulnerabilities and database compliance findings. • Schedule, monitor, and validate database backups and restores. • Responsible for monitoring metrics collection jobs for performance, availability, and capacity planning though through Datadog. • Schedule and apply DB upgrades, patches, and certificates. • Follow best practices, work plans, checklists, and defined processes. • Proactively support application teams as needed. • Participate in project technical reviews. Lead work product reviews. • Develop and maintain database support documentation. • Responsible of complex database incidents and problems, providing resolutions in a timely manner. • Engage SMEs or vendors to resolve more complex incidents as required. • Implement customer database change requests. Peraton is looking to add a Mid-Level Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator with hands-on experience as a production database administrator experienced in AWS EC2 and RDS for SQL Server. The qualified individual will be responsible for meeting service level agreements covering performance, availability, backups, and security for several user groups supporting those application. Location: Remote Shift Schedule: 8am – 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). This position will participate in 24x7 on-call rotations for the production environment. What you will do: • Install Microsoft SQL Server instances in various configurations: • Standalone, Windows Failover Cluster, and Availability Groups • Cloud hosting (AWS) including SQL Server RDS. • Develop, test, deploy and maintain security and audit solutions. • Implement Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Safeguard Computer Security Evaluation Matrix (SCSEM) hardening standards. • Review NESSUS scans to remediate vulnerabilities and database compliance findings. • Schedule, monitor, and validate database backups and restores. • Responsible for monitoring metrics collection jobs for performance, availability, and capacity planning though through Datadog. • Schedule and apply DB upgrades, patches, and certificates. • Follow best practices, work plans, checklists, and defined processes. • Proactively support application teams as needed. • Participate in project technical reviews. Lead work product reviews. • Develop and maintain database support documentation. • Responsible of complex database incidents and problems, providing resolutions in a timely manner. • Engage SMEs or vendors to resolve more complex incidents as required. • Implement customer database change requests. Required Qualifications: • Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance. • Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience, an Associates Degree and 7 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years of experience • Minimum 5 years Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience including extensive production support required. • Experienced in virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2022 and Microsoft SQL Server High Availability options (replication - transactional or log shipping and Always On). • Experience with SQL Maintenance Plans, SQL Agent jobs, and Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solutions. • Experience with MS Windows Security Domains, Networking, and Group Managed Service Accounts. • Experienced in AWS cloud operations supporting databases on EC2 and RDS instances. • Experience deploying and maintaining Cloud Native Databases leveraging Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation (GitLab and Liquibase) Preferred qualifications: • Excellent written and verbal communications skills. • Ability to independently work remote and collaborate effectively with team members. • Experience with transact/SQL language and programming experience/knowledge is a plus.

Requirements

Must-haves

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance.
Bachelors Degree and 5 years of experience, an Associates Degree and 7 years of experience, or a High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years of experience
Minimum 5 years Microsoft SQL Server DBA experience including extensive production support required.
Experienced in virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server 2019/2022 and Microsoft SQL Server High Availability options (replication - transactional or log shipping and Always On).
Experience with SQL Maintenance Plans, SQL Agent jobs, and Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solutions.
Experience with MS Windows Security Domains, Networking, and Group Managed Service Accounts.
Experienced in AWS cloud operations supporting databases on EC2 and RDS instances.
Experience deploying and maintaining Cloud Native Databases leveraging Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD automation (GitLab and Liquibase)
Install Microsoft SQL Server instances in various configurations:
Standalone, Windows Failover Cluster, and Availability Groups
Cloud hosting (AWS) including SQL Server RDS.
Develop, test, deploy and maintain security and audit solutions.
Implement Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Safeguard Computer Security Evaluation Matrix (SCSEM) hardening standards.
Review NESSUS scans to remediate vulnerabilities and database compliance findings.
Schedule, monitor, and validate database backups and restores.
Responsible for monitoring metrics collection jobs for performance, availability, and capacity planning though through Datadog.

Nice-to-haves

Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Ability to independently work remote and collaborate effectively with team members.
Experience with transact/SQL language and programming experience/knowledge is a plus.
Location: Remote
Shift Schedule: 8am – 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST). This position will participate in 24x7 on-call rotations for the production environment.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Ability to independently work remote and collaborate effectively with team members.
Experience with transact/SQL language and programming experience/knowledge is a plus.

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sqlawsci/cd

Platform: peraton
Effort: medium