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# Database Administrator

- **Company:** Science Applications International Corporation
- **Location:** Suitland-Silver Hill, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $160,001.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Cyber Security, Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Operational Databases, IT Architecture
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/77d33e7f-0d81-405b-84f0-463b3fa0c78b

## About the Role

* Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.
 * TS/SCI with Polygraph.
 * Experience with Microsoft SQL

## Description

* Provides high-performance, highly available, and secure Microsoft SQL Server database services.
 * Oversees implementation, configuration, hardening, availability, resiliency, protection, automation, administration, and monitoring of multiple SQL Server environments.
 * Participates in design, engineering, implementation, and modification of production database environments. Proactively monitors and assesses platforms for efficiency, optimal configuration, and security compliance.
 * Works with IT architecture and engineering teams to research and implement new technologies for database modernization.
 * Oversees implementation, configuration, hardening, availability, resiliency, protection, automation, administration, and monitoring of multiple SQL server DB environments.
 * Act as the Microsoft SQL server SME.
 * Monitor and assess deployed platforms, ensure they are operating efficiently, optimally, and are configured properly, and they are secured within vendor guidance, best practices, and required information assurance and security (INFOSEC) compliance and Government requirements.
 * Explore, research, analyze, assess, implement, and transition new technologies to an operational state to modernize and improve on existing MS SQL solutions


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