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RESPEC · 2 months ago

Senior Database Administrator (SQL+Oracle)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

RESPEC is a 100% employee-owned company that tackles complex challenges in energy transition, infrastructure resilience, digital transformation, and sustainability. They are hiring four Senior Database Administrators (DBAs) to support a large-scale federal program, ensuring the reliability, performance, and security of diverse enterprise database environments.

Management Consulting

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, and maintain SQL Server, Oracle, and related database environments (including clustered and standalone implementations)

Perform daily monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to ensure optimal system operations

Apply and test patches, handle upgrades, and manage database versions and migrations

Support schema design, storage strategies, indexing, and query optimization

Develop and maintain processes, scripts, and tools for database automation, fault monitoring, and auditing

Design, implement, and test backup/recovery procedures and disaster recovery solutions

Ensure replication, failover, and clustering configurations meet uptime requirements

Implement and enforce database security controls, user management, and access policies

Maintain compliance with federal cybersecurity and data handling standards

Partner with systems engineers, developers, and project teams to integrate databases with applications and cloud services

Maintain complete documentation of database configurations, architectures, and standard operating procedures

Qualification

MS SQL / SQL ServerOracle DatabaseDatabase DesignPerformance TuningDisaster RecoveryCloud Database SolutionsSecurity ComplianceCollaborationDocumentation

Required

Minimum of 8 years in database administration for enterprise-scale systems

Hands-on expertise across MS SQL / SQL Server

Hands-on expertise across SQL Cluster Environments

Hands-on expertise across Oracle Database

Hands-on expertise across MariaDB

Hands-on expertise across MySQL

Hands-on expertise across PostgreSQL

Hands-on expertise across Microsoft Access

Advanced knowledge of database design, clustering, replication, and disaster recovery strategies

Proven experience managing performance tuning, patching, and version upgrades

Skilled in backup management, monitoring tools, and storage optimization

Strong understanding of schema changes, stored procedures, and access control models

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

U.S. Citizenship required (federal contract requirement)

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; active clearance highly preferred

Preferred

Recent experience supporting federal health, defense, or civilian agency database environments

Familiarity with ITIL service management principles and enterprise ticketing systems

Experience designing and supporting cloud or hybrid database solutions (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, or OCI)

Industry certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure/SQL Database Administrator Associate, Oracle Certified Professional, AWS Database Specialty)