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# Sr. Database Administrator

- **Company:** Zachary Piper
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $140,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Backup Devices, Bash Shell, Cloud Database, Cluster Analysis, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Migration, Relational Databases, Database Security, Disaster Recovery, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Windows PowerShell, Query Optimization, Role-Based Access Control, DataOps, Runbook, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, Sql Optimization, Database Optimization, Software Troubleshooting, Indexer, Database Migration, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Database Monitoring, Data Pipelines, Devsecops, Microservices
- **Published:** October 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9235981/sr-database-administrator

## About the Role

* Must have an active Top Secret security clearance.
 * Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in database administration or data platform operations.
 * Expertise administering enterprise relational database platforms such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL.
 * Hands-on experience with SQL optimization, stored procedures, indexing strategies, and database performance tuning.
 * Experience supporting cloud database platforms; AWS RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB experience preferred.
 * Strong understanding of database security, encryption, backup and recovery, clustering, and replication.
 * Strong troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills. Federal modernization, ETL/data migration, containerized workloads, DevSecOps, and Python, Bash, or PowerShell experience preferred.

## Description

* Configure, administer, and maintain relational and NoSQL databases, monitoring system health, storage capacity, performance, and availability.
 * Optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, indexes, and database configurations to improve processing efficiency and throughput.
 * Manage backups, restores, patching, upgrades, replication, and recovery processes to ensure reliable data operations.
 * Implement encryption, auditing, role-based access controls, and database hardening in partnership with security teams.
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