Database Administrator (DBA) – Advanced

Job Location

Tallahassee, Florida – Onsite

Employment Type

Contract – Staff Augmentation

Contract Duration

August 24, 2026 through June 30, 2027

The contract may be renewed based on work performance, business need, and budget availability.

Work Arrangement

This is a fully onsite position. Telecommuting or remote work is not authorized.

Work Schedule

The selected candidate must be flexible to work between 7:00 AM and 7:00 PM.

The position may also require Saturday, rotational, regular on-call, or after-hours support based on operational needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform daily database operational and administration activities.

• Plan, design, implement, maintain, and support enterprise database structures.

• Administer Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, GIS, and spatial database environments.

• Monitor database performance, availability, capacity, and reliability.

• Conduct database performance analysis and tuning.

• Design, develop, modify, and optimize database schemas.

• Support database activities associated with application enhancements, rewrites, and modernization initiatives.

• Perform SQL code reviews and recommend improvements.

• Develop and maintain database administration procedures, standards, and technical documentation.

• Diagnose and resolve complex enterprise production database issues.

• Provide recommendations for database remediation, optimization, and long-term stability.

• Assist with enterprise data architecture and database design initiatives.

• Ensure databases are developed and maintained in accordance with departmental standards.

• Support ESRI SDE geodatabases and related GIS database environments.

• Analyze business processes and workflows to design efficient database solutions.

• Prepare complex database specifications and technical documentation.

• Collaborate with project managers, business analysts, data analysts, developers, infrastructure teams, and other technical stakeholders.

• Assist with training and mentoring other technical staff.

• Estimate the level of effort and time required for database analysis and administration tasks.

• Perform additional database or infrastructure-related activities as assigned.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas:

• Computer Science

• Information Systems

• A related technical field

Equivalent professional work experience may be accepted in place of a degree.

Required Experience

The candidate must have at least five years of combined database administration experience.

Required experience includes:

• Expert-level experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or later.

• Experience with Oracle Database 10g or later.

• Experience administering enterprise relational database management systems.

• Experience designing and managing relational databases.

• Experience troubleshooting enterprise production database issues.

• Experience with database performance monitoring and tuning.

• Experience developing and maintaining database administration documentation and procedures.

• Experience reviewing SQL code.

• Experience supporting databases for application development, enhancements, and rewrites.

• Experience with GIS and spatial databases.

Preferred Experience

The following experience is preferred:

• Azure SQL

• AWS database or SQL tools

• ArcGIS Server administration

• ESRI SDE geodatabases

• GIS and spatial database technologies

• Data warehousing

• Multi-platform database environments

• Cloud database platforms

• Enterprise data architecture

• Database modernization and migration initiatives

Required Technical Knowledge

The selected candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

• Relational database management systems

• Relational database design principles

• Database administration standards and best practices

• Microsoft SQL Server administration

• Oracle database administration

• Database schema design and optimization

• Database architecture

• SQL development and optimization

• Database performance monitoring and tuning

• Enterprise production database support

• Database security standards

• Data dictionaries

• Data warehousing concepts

• GIS and spatial databases

• ESRI SDE geodatabases

• Database backup, recovery, availability, and reliability concepts

• Database procedures, specifications, and technical documentation

• Quality assurance and quality control practices