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Senior Database Administrator
Washington, DC, US
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Job Type: Full-time Work Location: Hybrid – Primary site: 1100 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005 Strategic Operational Solutions, Inc. (STOPSO) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Federal Government Experience Job Type: Full-time Work Location: Hybrid – Primary site: 1100 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005
Employment type in the employer’s posting: FULL_TIME
From the employer’s posting
What you’ll work on
Full postingDesign, administer, and maintain complex enterprise database environments
Identify and resolve database performance, capacity, and scalability issues
Perform database backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning
Support data integration, ETL, migration, and data warehousing initiatives
Develop and maintain data models for enterprise business requirements
From the employer’s posting
Design, administer, manage, and maintain complex enterprise database environments.
Identify and resolve database performance, capacity, and scalability issues.
Perform database backup, recovery, disaster recovery planning, and data restoration activities.
Support data integration, ETL, data migration, and data warehousing initiatives.
Develop and maintain data models supporting enterprise business requirements.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 5+ years of data analysis, data modeling, and database design
- 5+ years of SQL database development and administration
- 5+ years of data migration tools and data warehousing
- 4+ years of technical support involving systems technology and architecture
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Data Science, or related field
Preferred experience
- Experience supporting federal law enforcement, justice, intelligence, or public-sector organizations.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- SQL Server Administration
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms.
Qualification wording
Minimum 5 years of experience with:
SQL database development and administration
Data migration tools
Minimum 4 years of experience providing technical support involving:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
Experience supporting federal law enforcement, justice, intelligence, or public-sector organizations.
SQL Server Administration
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms.
Education & alternatives
Education Requirements - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline. - A combination of additional relevant experience and education exceeding degree requirements may be considered.
Posting record
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- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 9, 202625 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 22
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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Strategic Operational Solutions is hiring
2 open jobs
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- MySQL
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- PostgreSQL
- SQL Server
Where the posting names them
- Database design - SQL database development and administration - Minimum 4 years of experience providing technical support involving:
- Experience supporting federal law enforcement, justice, intelligence, or public-sector organizations. - Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms. - Experience with cloud database technologies and environments such as AWS, Azure, or Oracle Cloud.
Preferred Skills - SQL Server Administration - Database Performance Tuning
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms. - Experience with cloud database technologies and environments such as AWS, Azure, or Oracle Cloud. - Experience supporting large-scale data analytics, business intelligence, or investigative data systems.
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Has Strategic Operational Solutions posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed 2 other Senior Database Administrator jobs there since October 2026. All 2 are still up.
About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Brief Overview of Position:
Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO) is seeking candidates for a Senior Database Administrator (DBA) role to support a federal client where we are focused on delivering innovative operations and solutions through proven successful methods. The Senior DBA supports for designing, managing, maintaining, and optimizing complex database environments that support mission-critical applications, data integration efforts, business intelligence initiatives, and enterprise analytics capabilities. The Senior DBA will collaborate with architects, developers, data engineers, and government stakeholders to ensure database performance, reliability, scalability, security, and availability.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, administer, manage, and maintain complex enterprise database environments.
- Evaluate and optimize database configurations, performance, and access controls.
- Identify and resolve database performance, capacity, and scalability issues.
- Perform database backup, recovery, disaster recovery planning, and data restoration activities.
- Develop and maintain data models supporting enterprise business requirements.
- Support data integration, ETL, data migration, and data warehousing initiatives.
- Assist users and technical teams with database access, troubleshooting, and data utilization requirements.
- Develop and implement database standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence initiatives through efficient data structures and database optimization.
- Collaborate with system architects and development teams to support application integration and modernization efforts.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to database architecture and operations.
- Ensure compliance with federal security, privacy, and data management requirements.
- Participate in planning, implementation, and execution of database-related strategic initiatives.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience with:
- Data analysis
- Data migration tools
- Data modeling
- Data integration
- Data warehousing
- Database design
- SQL database development and administration
- Minimum 4 years of experience providing technical support involving:
- Research and experimentation
- Data analysis
- Systems technology
- System architecture
- Integration capabilities
- Minimum 3 years of experience identifying areas where policies, procedures, or processes require improvement or enhancement to support future business growth and operational efficiency.
- Minimum 2 years of experience manipulating and integrating structured and unstructured data from multiple platforms and sources.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting federal law enforcement, justice, intelligence, or public-sector organizations.
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar enterprise database platforms.
- Experience with cloud database technologies and environments such as AWS, Azure, or Oracle Cloud.
- Experience supporting large-scale data analytics, business intelligence, or investigative data systems.
- Knowledge of ETL tools, data governance, and enterprise data architecture.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps, Agile delivery methodologies, and modern data management practices.
Education Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- A combination of additional relevant experience and education exceeding degree requirements may be considered.
Preferred Skills
- SQL Server Administration
- Database Performance Tuning
- Data Warehousing
- Data Integration and ETL
- Database Security
- Backup and Recovery
- Data Modeling
- Enterprise Reporting and Analytics
- Cloud Database Platforms
- Federal Government Experience
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: Hybrid – Primary site: 1100 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005
Strategic Operational Solutions, Inc. (STOPSO) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Job Type: Full-time Work Location: Hybrid – Primary site: 1100 L Street NW, Washington DC 20005 Strategic Operational Solutions, Inc. (STOPSO) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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