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Database Administrator

Washington D.C., DC, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago

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Skills

Access Control
Auditing
Backup
Change Management
Cloud Computing
Clustering
Collaboration
Communication
Database
Database Administration
Database Security
Disaster Recovery
Documentation
Encryption
Failover
Hardening
ITIL
Management
Microsoft SQL Server
Migration
Oracle
Performance Tuning
Recovery
Regulatory Compliance
Replication
Reporting
SQL Azure
Security+
Storage
Technical Writing

Summary

Database AdministratorLocation: Washington, DC

Work Authorization: Experience: 10+ years

We are seeking an experienced Database Administrator to support enterprise Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and other approved database platforms, including operations, security, performance, backup, recovery, and compliance.Responsibilities

Administer, monitor, patch, upgrade, and maintain SQL Server and Oracle databases.
Support database migrations, installations, configuration, and change management.
Manage database security, access controls, encryption, auditing, and vulnerability remediation.
Monitor and tune database performance, storage, queries, indexes, and capacity.
Implement backup, recovery, disaster recovery, clustering, replication, and failover solutions.
Produce health, performance, capacity, backup, incident, and compliance reports.
Maintain technical documentation, diagrams, and configuration baselines.

Required Skills

7 10 years of enterprise database administration experience.
Strong experience with SQL Server and/or Oracle database environments.
Experience with backup/recovery, disaster recovery, performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Knowledge of database security hardening, compliance, and hybrid/cloud-integrated database environments.
Strong documentation, reporting, communication, and cross-team collaboration skills.

Preferred CertificationsMicrosoft SQL Server / Azure Database certifications, Oracle Certified Professional, CompTIA Security+, or ITIL Foundation.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10279020
Position Id: 8970285
Posted 4 hours ago

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