Database Administrator (Senior)

DecisionPoint seeks two Senior Database Administrators to support daily database operations, monitoring, maintenance, access administration, patching, backup and recovery, and troubleshooting under the USMEPCOM ENLIST program. 

These positions will administer Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting mission applications, data analysis, AI-related data activities, and data warehouse operations. The Database Administrators will maintain database health, security, performance, and recoverability while supporting approved schema changes and maintaining accurate operational documentation. 

The successful candidates will collaborate with database architects, data engineers, application teams, infrastructure personnel, cybersecurity specialists, and Government stakeholders to sustain reliable database services and resolve operational issues. 

These positions are remote, with Chicago-area candidates preferred. 

The following must-have qualifications are drawn from the supplied position requirements: 

• →Active Secret clearance or higher. 

• →Minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience. 

• →Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, or a related field, or a permitted equivalent. 

• →Experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration. 

• →Experience performing database patching. 

• →Experience administering database access controls. 

• →Experience with database performance tuning. 

• →Experience performing database backup and recovery. 

• →Ability to perform daily database monitoring, maintenance, and troubleshooting. 

• →Ability to support warehouse operations, approved schema changes, and database documentation. 

• →CompTIA Security+ CE or another approved IAT Level II certification. 

The following qualifications are preferred but are not required: 

• Relevant database platform certification. 

• Experience supporting federal or Department of Defense database environments. 

• Experience with SQL Server Agent, Transact-SQL, and database administration scripting. 

• Experience supporting high-availability configurations, replication, or failover operations. 

• Experience supporting data warehouses, ETL/ELT jobs, and scheduled data integrations. 

• Familiarity with database auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and configuration hardening. 

• Experience automating monitoring, maintenance, backup validation, or administrative tasks. 

• Experience supporting database migrations, upgrades, refreshes, and recovery exercises. 

• Familiarity with cloud-hosted or hybrid database environments. 

• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross-team coordination skills. 

• EEO and Affirmative Action Policy: DecisionPoint Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of DecisionPoint Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity in accordance with all applicable Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action laws, directives and regulations to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under Federal, State or Local laws.
• Pay Transparency Policy: In accordance with Presidential Executive Order 13665, DecisionPoint Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
• Authorization to Share Resume and Personal Information: By expressing your interest and submitting your resume for this position, you authorize DecisionPoint Corporation to share your resume, as well as personal information included on the resume, with its subsidiaries, affiliates and teaming partners for the purpose of considering you for this position and other available positions requiring comparable skills, education and experience. Should DecisionPoint Corporation. or its affiliates and teaming partners wish to initiate pre-employment discussions, you will be asked to complete an employment application and related employment documents.