Azure SQL Database Administrator
Description
AVER is a fast-growing SDVOSB that has achieved significant revenue growth over the past 5 plus years with much of our work focused on Data Analytics, Mission Support, IT Modernization and Biometrics. AVER is seeking an Azure SQL Database Administrator, who is a technical expert to support activities related to administration of computerized databases at an enterprise level spanning application development, SharePoint, and data services. Join a collaborative team who values AVER’s mission, focus, and culture of delivering exceptional client service with great people and transformative technology solutions that ensure Government mission success.
Responsibilities Include:
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise-scale SQL database environments across on-premises and cloud platforms, including SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure SQL Hyperscale
- Collaborate with management, technical teams, and end users to gather requirements and define database solutions prior to automation or implementation
- Produce detailed technical documentation and reports covering system requirements, concurrency, storage capacity, performance metrics, and data processing procedures for relational database systems
- Forecast long-term database administration and architecture needs in coordination with information systems leadership
- Perform quality assurance, auditing, and governance of enterprise databases to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and appropriate usage
- Manage user access and security across multiple enterprise database environments
- Install, configure, patch, and upgrade SQL Server RDBMS from both hardware and software perspectives
- Partner with development teams to design and optimize queries, perform performance tuning, and implement schema-level changes
- Ensure database availability, backup, restoration, and disaster recovery for mission-critical systems
- Support SQL Server migrations to Azure, including cloud architecture alignment and risk mitigation
Education Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or an equivalent/related field
Experience Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator supporting mission-critical enterprise environments
- Expert-level proficiency in T-SQL, including writing and optimizing complex joins, stored procedures, functions, and indexing strategies
- Extensive experience with high availability and disaster recovery solutions, including clustering, replication, and availability groups
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to performance, deadlocks, replication, data integrity, connectivity, TempDB, backups, and configuration
- Strong experience analyzing execution plans, identifying bottlenecks, and resolving large-scale performance issues
- Demonstrated ability to administer multiple production databases while ensuring high availability and continuous performance monitoring
- Hands-on experience with Azure Portal, administering Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and cloud-based SQL services
- Experience planning and executing SQL Server and SQL cloud migrations
- Advanced SQL scripting expertise for index creation, optimization, and removal, and development of ad-hoc and scheduled SQL Agent jobs
- Experience with custom logging, monitoring, and alerting to proactively identify performance, availability, and security issues
- Experience applying patches and upgrades in production (PROD) environments
- Experience with resolving database and application-level security and permission issues
- Ability to create and maintain backup and recovery documentation across all environments (development, test, and production)
Location:
- HYBRID (2 days a week on site in Washington, DC)
Security Requirement:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a government clearance (Public Trust)
- This role supports a government agency that requires U.S. citizenship
About Us:
AVER, LLC is a Data & Digital Transformation company committed to delivering exceptional client service through the use of transformative technology solutions and a team of highly skilled professionals. Our focus is on enabling Government mission success in the domains of Homeland Security, Biometrics, Law Enforcement, and Healthcare. As a verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we prioritize building trusted partnerships with our clients and people, providing a customer-centric experience.
AVER is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled