Database Administrator
Job Overview
About the Organization
Now is a great time to join Redhorse Corporation. We are a solution-driven company delivering data insights and technology solutions to customers with missions critical to U.S. national interests. We’re looking for thoughtful, skilled professionals who thrive as trusted partners building technology-agnostic solutions and want to apply their talents supporting customers with difficult and important mission sets.
About the Role
Redhorse Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator to support mission-critical systems for a federal customer. The successful candidate will design, implement, and maintain large-scale SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments that ensure reliability, performance, and security. This role plays a key part in sustaining the customer’s data operations, improving database performance, and supporting operational readiness across enterprise systems.
About the Organization
Now is a great time to join Redhorse Corporation. We are a solution-driven company delivering data insights and technology solutions to customers with missions critical to U.S. national interests. We’re looking for thoughtful, skilled professionals who thrive as trusted partners building technology-agnostic solutions and want to apply their talents supporting customers with difficult and important mission sets.
About the Role
Redhorse Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Database Administrator to support mission-critical systems for a federal customer. The successful candidate will design, implement, and maintain large-scale SQL Server and PostgreSQL environments that ensure reliability, performance, and security. This role plays a key part in sustaining the customer’s data operations, improving database performance, and supporting operational readiness across enterprise systems.
Primary Responsibilities
- Install, configure, upgrade, and maintain large-scale Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases in operational environments.
- Develop, optimize, and maintain stored procedures, database models, and data structures to support application and analytics needs.
- Leverage third-party database tools (e.g., Red Gate) to enhance administration, versioning, and performance workflows.
- Implement and maintain high-availability, redundancy, and disaster recovery architectures to support mission-critical operations.
- Troubleshoot and debug issues within production Windows desktop application environments and supporting database services.
- Conduct query performance tuning, execute bulk data loading, and streamline data processing operations.
- Monitor database health, capacity, and performance to sustain 24/7 availability and ensure compliance with security and mission requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience administering Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL in production environments.
- Demonstrated expertise in:
- Performance tuning and optimization
- Query debugging and issue resolution
- Stored procedures, indexing strategies, and data modeling
- Bulk-loading techniques and data movement
- Familiarity with Red Gate or similar database administration tools.
- Experience implementing disaster recovery, backup, and high-availability solutions.
- Active Top Secret clearance required.
- Ability to provide on-call support for mission-critical database systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional certifications such as Microsoft Certified Database Administrator or PostgreSQL Professional Certification.
- Experience managing cloud-based database services (AWS RDS, Azure SQL).
- Familiarity with federal security standards, including FISMA and NIST frameworks.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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Redhorse Corporation shall, in its discretion, modify or adjust the position to meet Redhorse’s changing needs.
This job description is not a contract and may be adjusted as deemed appropriate in Redhorse’s sole discretion.