Senior Database Administrator

Brief Overview of Position:

Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO) is seeking candidates for a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) role to support a federal client where we are focused on delivering innovative operations and solutions through proven successful methods. The Senior DBA supports for designing managing maintaining and optimizing complex database environments that support mission-critical applications data integration efforts business intelligence initiatives and enterprise analytics capabilities. The Senior DBA will collaborate with architects developers data engineers and government stakeholders to ensure database performance reliability scalability security and availability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design administer manage and maintain complex enterprise database environments.

• Evaluate and optimize database configurations performance and access controls.
• Identify and resolve database performance capacity and scalability issues.
• Perform database backup recovery disaster recovery planning and data restoration activities.
• Develop and maintain data models supporting enterprise business requirements.
• Support data integration ETL data migration and data warehousing initiatives.
• Assist users and technical teams with database access troubleshooting and data utilization requirements.
• Develop and implement database standards procedures and best practices.
• Support analytics reporting and business intelligence initiatives through efficient data structures and database optimization.
• Collaborate with system architects and development teams to support application integration and modernization efforts.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to database architecture and operations.
• Ensure compliance with federal security privacy and data management requirements.
• Participate in planning implementation and execution of database-related strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience with:
• Data analysis
• Data migration tools
• Data modeling
• Data integration
• Data warehousing
• Database design
• SQL database development and administration
• Minimum 4 years of experience providing technical support involving:
• Research and experimentation
• Data analysis
• Systems technology
• System architecture
• Integration capabilities
• Minimum 3 years of experience identifying areas where policies procedures or processes require improvement or enhancement to support future business growth and operational efficiency.
• Minimum 2 years of experience manipulating and integrating structured and unstructured data from multiple platforms and sources.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal law enforcement justice intelligence or public-sector organizations.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server Oracle PostgreSQL MySQL or similar enterprise database platforms.
• Experience with cloud database technologies and environments such as AWS Azure or Oracle Cloud.
• Experience supporting large-scale data analytics business intelligence or investigative data systems.
• Knowledge of ETL tools data governance and enterprise data architecture.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps Agile delivery methodologies and modern data management practices.

Education Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Science Information Technology Engineering or a related discipline.
• A combination of additional relevant experience and education exceeding degree requirements may be considered.

Preferred Skills

• SQL Server Administration
• Database Performance Tuning
• Data Warehousing
• Data Integration and ETL
• Database Security
• Backup and Recovery
• Data Modeling
• Enterprise Reporting and Analytics
• Cloud Database Platforms
• Federal Government Experience

Job Type: Full-time

Work Location: Hybrid Primary site: 1100 L Street NW Washington DC 20005

Strategic Operational Solutions Inc. (STOPSO) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Required Experience:

Senior IC