Database Administrator

Database Administrator

Job Location:

US-SC-Sumter

• Design and deploy database architecture and systems infrastructure for the military IT systems.
• Create strategies for performing repetitive tasks such as data acquisitions, migrations, data recoveries and new database implementations.
• Provide IT support for the review, analysis, troubleshooting and repair of database issues.
• Define data requirements for database design and implement policies that lead to corporate solutions.
• Establish guidelines for security, maintenance, utilization, and business continuity.
• Lead efforts in performance tuning and optimization needed to maintain customer applications.
• Create documentation that provides guidelines in regards to maintenance tasks, policies and procedures.
• Perform all routine scheduled database maintenance activities.
• Work with database vendors as required to resolve database access and performance issues.
• Perform analysis for collaboration of network / system needs and participate in planning, designing, upgrading and deployment of enterprise datacenter hardware and software using a project-based timeline.
• Provide general networking support.
• Provide LAN support.
• Provide WAN enterprise support.
• Provide technical and general O&M support as required.
• Provide documentation/reports support as required.
• Provide meetings/briefings support as required.
• Provide functional training support as required.
• Provide OCONUS deployment/TDY travel support as required.
• Provide CONUS TDY support as required.

• BS in a related field and 3 or more years of relevant IT experience or 5 or more years of relevant IT experience.
• Database experience.
• Ability to apply service-focused security architecture principles to meet the organization’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements.
• Ability to apply security architecture principles to meet the organization’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability requirements.
• Experience installing Microsoft Windows Server in host and compute environments, and using Windows Server server images.
• Experience with implementation of storage solutions, high availability, DNS, DHCP, network connectivity and remote access solutions, core and distributed network solutions, advanced network infrastructure, and monitoring server environments.
• Experience managing Microsoft users and permissions, creating active directory domain services (AD DS) forests, designing server infrastructure, troubleshooting, protecting networks and user data.
• Experience with C#, XAML, Visual Studio, arrays and collections, working with variables, program flow, asynchronous programming, decision and iteration statements, full life cycle of web applications, designing asynchronous solutions, and working with classes, methods, and data validation.

• SQL Certification
• ITIL Foundation V5 (candidate has up to 60 days to acquire certification after start)

• Must currently hold a DoD Secret level clearance or higher.

SMS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.