Sr. SQL DBA

$122,200 - $220,900/Yr

Leidos - Fort Meade, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Fort Meade, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Leidos is seeking a qualified Sr. SQL DBA to join our Defense Enclave Services (DES) team at Ft. Meade, MD. This position is critical to supporting data system services and operations as part of a digital modernization program that is essential for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Fourth Estate Agencies. The DES program operates within a highly demanding mission environment, requiring expert technical and professional management support to DISA's enterprise Information Technology (IT) services. The successful candidate will be involved in a large and complex IT consolidation, migration, and modernization effort aimed at establishing a Single Service Provider model. This model is designed to provide sustainment, maintenance, and management services that ensure the secure, reliable, and uninterrupted availability of Department of Defense networks and services. As a Sr. SQL DBA, you will be responsible for analyzing business processes and procedures, making recommendations for system and software solutions, and providing Tier 3 Microsoft SQL Server support. You will solve complex issues and apply best practices for tuning SQL databases to enhance overall system performance. Your role will also involve supporting software development and testing throughout the software development lifecycle, ensuring that software releases are fully supported and approved before implementation in the production environment. You will create and maintain all SQL databases required for development, testing, and production usage, and control migrations of programs and database changes through the development lifecycle. Additionally, you will troubleshoot all problems related to SQL databases, applications, and development tools, ensuring that all application design and code adhere to established standards for integrity, security, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes business processes and procedures; makes recommendations to system/software solutions.
• Provides Tier 3 Microsoft SQL Server support, solving complex issues by providing sound solutions.
• Applies best practice for tuning SQL databases to improve overall system performance.
• Supports software development and test throughout the software development lifecycle to include; incremental script execution and defect resolution.
• Reviews proposed database structure changes and gains approval to modify based on best practices.
• Researches interfaces to identify and code required updates to support integration.
• Ensures software releases are fully supported and gains approvals before implementing new changes into the production environment.
• Creates and maintains all SQL databases required for development, testing, and production usage.
• Controls migrations of programs, database changes, reference data changes and menu changes through the development life cycle.
• Puts standards in place to ensure all application design and code is produced with proper integrity, security and performance; performs reviews on the design and code frequently to ensure the site standards are being adhered to.
• Performs planning and assists application developers and System administrators, to ensure that any new SQL products or release upgrade takes place with minimal impact.
• Troubleshoots all problems regarding SQL databases, applications and development tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience; additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Tier 3 MS SQL Server Support.
• Ability to solve complex problems and present solutions to leadership.
• Must hold current DoD 8570 IAT2 certification Security+ CE or higher.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong oral, written, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Experience with MS SQL versions 2000, 2005, 2008R2, 2016.