Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator

ECS is seeking a Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator to work remotely.  

ECS is seeking a passionate Microsoft SQL Server Database Administrator to support a rapidly growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform focused on providing data solutions that empower our Federal customers. Your main priority will be supporting migration/modernization efforts focused on managing on-premise database environments proactively and ensuring database performance, availability, and security. As we continue our growth, you will also play a key role in ensuring scalability of our data systems in cloud/serverless database environments.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring the availability and performance of the databases that support our systems, ensuring that they have sufficient resources allocated to support high resilience and speed.
• Performing and assisting developers in ongoing performance tuning and migrating databases to modern solutions within Azure cloud and serverless.
• Supporting the development team with in-depth analysis of database sources, ETL processes, and downstream reporting product utilization and complexity evaluations. 
• Proactively monitoring the database systems to ensure secure services with minimum downtime and improve maintenance of the databases to include rollouts, patching, and upgrades.
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation using defined technical documentation templates, as well as gaining an in-depth knowledge of the business data so you can propose and implement effective solutions.
• Working within a structured and agile development approach.

Salary Range: $70,000 - $85,000

General Description of Benefits

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance
• 4+ years experience designing and developing Microsoft SQL Server databases, tables, views, functions, and stored procedures.
• Writes, optimizes, and troubleshoots SQL queries for applications, reporting, and analytics.
• Supports data integration efforts, including ETL processes and connections to other platforms.
• Maintains security controls, permissions, encryption, and auditing within SQL Server.
• Collaborates with application teams to support data modeling, schema design, and solution development.