Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SoTalent is hiring a Database Administrator to manage enterprise database environments supporting mission-critical applications in the defense and space manufacturing industry. The role focuses on database administration, performance optimization, security, high availability, disaster recovery, automation, troubleshooting, and infrastructure modernization.
Responsibilities
- Administer, monitor, and maintain enterprise database platforms supporting business-critical applications and services
- Install, configure, upgrade, patch, secure, migrate, and provision database environments across multiple database technologies
- Ensure database availability, reliability, performance, and recoverability through proactive monitoring and maintenance
- Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and business continuity strategies for enterprise databases
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues
- Implement and support high-availability solutions, replication technologies, and fault-tolerant database architectures
- Monitor database health, optimize performance, and recommend improvements to increase scalability and efficiency
- Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline administrative tasks and operational processes
- Document database configurations, procedures, standards, and operational best practices
- Participate in on-call support rotations and respond to incidents within established service-level expectations
- Support infrastructure modernization efforts involving virtualization, storage, and database consolidation initiatives
- Contribute to database security initiatives by implementing access controls, patch management, and compliance best practices
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
- Experience administering enterprise database systems in production environments
- Strong understanding of database administration principles, database design, and data management best practices
- Experience supporting mission-critical database environments
- Knowledge of ANSI SQL and database management concepts
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication, documentation, and organizational abilities
- Ability to work effectively in collaborative team environments and manage competing priorities
- Experience with one or more enterprise database platforms, including:
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- Experience implementing and supporting:
- Database clustering solutions
- Replication technologies
- Availability Groups and failover mechanisms
- Disaster recovery and business continuity architectures
- Backup and restoration strategies
- Strong SQL development and optimization skills
- Experience with stored procedures, database scripting, and query tuning
- Knowledge of database performance monitoring and capacity planning
- Experience with database migration and upgrade projects
- Experience developing automation scripts using PowerShell, shell scripting, or similar technologies
- Familiarity with database monitoring and management tools
- Experience automating routine administrative processes and operational tasks
- Experience supporting databases on Linux and Windows platforms
- Knowledge of virtualization technologies and virtualized infrastructure environments
- Understanding of network storage technologies, including SAN and NAS solutions
- Familiarity with enterprise backup and recovery platforms
- Understanding of client-server architecture, networking concepts, and database connectivity principles
- Experience administering databases in standalone, clustered, or highly available environments
- Familiarity with database replication, failover, and recovery technologies
- Experience with database client and administration tools
- Knowledge of virtualization, infrastructure optimization, and enterprise storage architectures
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications and distributed systems
- Ability to adapt to changing technologies, priorities, and operational requirements
- Experience working within regulated, security-conscious, or compliance-driven environments
- Approximately 2+ years of relevant database administration or related technical experience
- Experience with automation scripting, virtualization platforms, storage technologies, and enterprise backup processes
- Ability to support operational database administration activities under guidance
- Approximately 4+ years of database administration experience
- Hands-on experience managing production database environments and supporting high-availability configurations
- Strong understanding of automation, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure operations
- Approximately 6+ years of database administration experience
- Advanced expertise in database performance tuning, disaster recovery, automation, and enterprise database architecture
- Proven ability to lead troubleshooting efforts, optimize complex environments, and support mission-critical systems
Benefits
- Remote, US
- Hybrid work setting
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