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TeleSolv Consulting

Senior SQL Database Administrator

TeleSolv Consulting Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $110K–$145K/yr

Business Consulting and Services · 201-500 employees

10 h ago
dba Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Senior SQL Database Administrator will manage and maintain enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments to ensure high availability, performance, and security. They will collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support database design, configuration, and incident resolution for mission-critical applications.

What they look for

Microsoft SQL Server Database Administration Performance Tuning Backup And Recovery Database Security Access Control Patching Upgrades Capacity Planning Troubleshooting Azure DevOps High Availability Disaster Recovery Database Modernization

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree and possess at least 7 years of database administration experience, including 5 years specifically with Microsoft SQL Server in enterprise production environments. Applicants must also be able to successfully complete a government-required criminal history check and fingerprinting process.

Full description

Senior SQL Database Administrator

Application Deadline: 20 November 2026

Department: Federal Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Washington, DC

Compensation: $110,000 - $145,000 / year

Description

TeleSolv Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior SQL Database Administrator (Senior SQL DBA) to provide enterprise database administration and operational support for Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting mission-critical applications. The successful candidate will help ensure database availability, reliability, performance and security while working independently and collaborating with application-development and other technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

  • Administer Microsoft SQL Server databases supporting enterprise applications.
  • Install, configure, maintain, patch and upgrade SQL Server environments.
  • Monitor database health, availability, capacity and performance.
  • Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.
  • Develop and maintain database backup and recovery processes.
  • Troubleshoot database performance and availability issues.
  • Support database security and access-control requirements.
  • Assist application-development teams with database design and configuration.
  • Support database changes associated with application releases.
  • Maintain database configurations and technical documentation.
  • Support production database incident and problem resolution.
  • Collaborate with .NET developers, Azure developers, DevOps engineers and other technical personnel.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

  • Advanced Microsoft SQL Server administration and troubleshooting.
  • Enterprise production database support.
  • Database performance analysis and tuning.
  • Backup and recovery practices.
  • Database security and access control.
  • Database configuration, maintenance, patching and upgrades.
  • Support for business-critical enterprise applications.
  • Ability to work effectively with software-development, Azure and DevOps teams.
  • Knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery and database modernization is desirable.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree.
  • At least 7 years of database administration experience.
  • At least 5 years of Microsoft SQL Server experience in enterprise production environments.
  • Strong SQL Server administration and troubleshooting experience.
  • Experience supporting production databases and business-critical applications.
  • Experience with database backup and recovery.
  • Experience with database performance tuning.
  • Ability to successfully complete the Government-required criminal-history check, fingerprinting and badging process.

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