Database Administrator - Advanced

Hybrid in Columbia, SC, US • Posted 9 hours ago • Updated 9 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
No Travel Required
Hybrid
$50 - $60/hr
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Skills

  • .NET
  • Auditing
  • Authentication
  • Backup
  • Business Intelligence
  • Clustering
  • Data Integrity
  • Data Migration
  • Data Quality
  • Data Structure
  • Data Warehouse Architecture
  • Database
  • Database Administration
  • DevOps
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Extract
  • Transform
  • Load
  • High Availability
  • Imperva
  • Management
  • Microsoft Power BI
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Optimization
  • Performance Tuning
  • Public Sector
  • Recovery
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Reporting
  • SQL
  • Scripting
  • Stored Procedures
  • Version Control
  • WAF

Summary

Responsibilitie:

  • Working on SQL Server (v 2016+)
  • Administer and maintain SQL Server instances across multiple judicial environments.
  • Manage contained users, authentication models, and database-level security.
  • Configure and monitor SQL Agent jobs, maintenance plans, and index strategies.
  • Implement and validate backup/restore procedures and disaster recovery plans.
  • Support high availability configurations (Always On, clustering where applicable).
  • Optimize large-scale tables supporting court case data.
  • Analyze and tune:

o Stored procedures

o Dynamic SQL

o Cross-database queries

o CTE-heavy workloads

o Index fragmentation and statistics

  • Review and optimize ETL loops across multiple CMS databases.
  • Reduce blocking, deadlocks, and long-running transactions.
  • Implement partitioning strategies where appropriate.
  • Assist with:

o Referential integrity enforcement

o Foreign key reconciliation

o Identity reseeding

o Data remediation & cleanup

  • Support statewide standardization of:

o County codes

o Circuit mappings

o Court type alignment

o Roster type consistency

  • Ensure alignment with the Chief Justice s data initiative and reporting aggregation standards.
  • Optimize fact/dimension loading processes
  • Support performance tuning for Power BI reporting back-end queries.
  • Assist with:

o Indexed views

o Aggregation tables

o Incremental load strategies

  • Collaborate on data quality validation routines.
  • Harden SQL Server instances against unauthorized access.
  • Review role-based security for judicial data.
  • Ensure compliance with:

o Judicial confidentiality standards

o CJIS considerations (where applicable)

  • Monitor audit logs and security events.
  • Support WAF/SQL visibility requirements for secure application traffic.

o Imperva or similar security appliances

  • Assist in scripting deployment pipelines for:

o Schema changes

o Stored procedure deployments

o Data migration scripts

  • Support version control integration.
  • Create reusable administrative scripts for:

o Multi-database updates

o Password rotation

o Security audits

o Cross-environment validation

Required Skills:

  • 7+ years of experience with SQL Database Administration & Operations
  • 3+ years of experience with Performance Tuning & Optimization
  • 3+ years of experience with Data Integrity & Governance Support
  • 3+ years of experience with Data Warehouse Architecture & Reporting Support
  • 3+ years of experience with Security & Compliance
  • 3+ years of experience with Automation & DevOps Support

Preferred/Nice to Have Skills:

  • Experience in judicial, government, or public sector environments
  • Power BI backend optimization
  • .NET application data access patterns
  • Always On Availability Groups
  • Azure DevOps
  • Experience cleaning legacy data structures across multiple counties or jurisdictions

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  • Dice Id: 10289500
  • Position Id: 8918567
  • Posted 9 hours ago
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