Senior MS SQL Database Administrator

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Senior MS SQL Database Administrator We are KBRWhen you become part of our K  team, your opportunities are endless. Through internal collaboration, and with our partners and customers, we’re defining tomorrow’s challenges, then providing the innovative solutions to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to Zero Harm and our Sustainability  September 2025, we announced that we are spinning our Mission Technology Solutions business into a separate public company.

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About the Role The Senior MS SQL Database Administrator is responsible for the administration, maintenance, performance, security, and availability of enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting critical business applications worldwide. This role serves as a senior member of the Global Database Team, providing technical expertise across database architecture, installation, upgrades, migrations, monitoring, backup and recovery, and cloud-based database services.

The ideal candidate combines deep Microsoft SQL Server expertise with strong troubleshooting, automation, and operational support skills. This individual will play a key role in ensuring database reliability, performance, and compliance while supporting modernization initiatives, cloud technologies, and enterprise database governance standards.

Key Responsibilities Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain enterprise Microsoft SQL Server environments.

Manage database backup, recovery, replication, migration, and disaster recovery processes.

Design, implement, and support high-availability and business continuity solutions.

Administer and support Azure SQL Database environments, including security, connectivity, monitoring, and performance optimization.

Perform proactive database monitoring, capacity planning, performance tuning, and issue resolution.

Troubleshoot and resolve complex database performance, availability, and operational issues.

Develop and maintain database automation and administration scripts utilizing Power Shell, T-SQL, and other scripting technologies.

Configure and maintain database security, access controls, and compliance with organizational governance standards.

Apply SQL Server patches, updates, and version upgrades while ensuring system stability and security.

Support database licensing compliance and maintain awareness of SQL Server versioning and support requirements.

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