Senior Database Administrator

The program seeks a senior database administrator to own steady-state administration of its on-premises database estate, which continues to operate in a monitored hybrid enclave while the program migrates workloads to an Azure Government environment. The estate has two administration tracks: SQL Server databases, administered end-to-end through SQL Server Management Studio, and the MariaDB databases supporting the on-premises ServiceNow instance, hosted on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.8 servers and administered over SSH (command-line; no GUI tooling assumed). The primary focus of this position is on-premises database administration. Candidates who will also continue the incumbent's support to the cloud migration should additionally meet the requirements in the final section.

Section 1 — On-Premises Database Administration (Primary Focus)Responsibilities

• Administer production SQL Server databases through SQL Server Management Studio: backup and recovery (including periodic restore verification), performance tuning, index and statistics maintenance, security and permission management, capacity and health monitoring, and patch coordination through program change control.

• Administer the MariaDB databases supporting the on-premises ServiceNow instance on RHEL 9.8 hosts over SSH: service health, logical and physical backups, user and grant management, configuration and log review — Linux command-line administration.

• Maintain the database inventory and documentation: configurations, backup and retention schedules, and tested recovery runbooks.

• Operate within program change management; record administrative actions and evidence per policy.

• Support incident response for database-layer issues and participate in the on-call rotation [if applicable — confirm with program office].

• Sustain the legacy estate through the hybrid-enclave period, including eventual decommission, final backup, and archival tasks as systems retire or migrate.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years administering production SQL Server databases: backup/restore, security, performance tuning, and routine maintenance.

• Hands-on MariaDB or MySQL administration from the Linux command line, including SSH-based administration of RHEL hosts; comfort in PowerShell and Windows Server environments for the SQL Server estate.

• Scripting for administrative automation (PowerShell; T-SQL; bash for RHEL-side tasks).

• DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II baseline certification (for example, Security+ CE), or ability to obtain within the contract-required window.

• Active DoD Secret clearance, or eligibility per contract requirements.

• Disciplined change-management habits and clear written documentation.