[Remote] Sr. Application SQL Database Administrator (DBA)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Nationwide IT Services (NIS) is seeking a Senior Application SQL DBA to support mission-critical SQL Server environments. This role is responsible for database administration, performance optimization, backup and recovery, security, data integrity, and production support in a regulated environment.
Responsibilities
- Database administration
- Performance optimization
- Backup and recovery
- Security
- Data integrity
- Production support
Skills
- 7+ years of SQL Server DBA experience
- Expertise with Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise
- Strong Transact-SQL (T-SQL) skills
- Experience with database design, SQL jobs, backups, and recovery validation
- Experience supporting production and UAT database updates, script execution, and data corrections
- Proven ability to maintain data integrity in controlled production environments
- Must have an IRS High-Risk Background Investigation, IRS access processing, and required drug screening before CI network access
- Prior IRS experience or IRS clearance
- Experience supporting .NET/IIS web applications
- Database sanitization for development and test environments
- Crystal Reports and Business Objects reporting support
- Data migration, mapping, and quality validation experience
- Security patch coordination and audit/compliance support
- Performance tuning, release deployments, and recovery testing
- Experience supporting regulated or mission-critical SQL Server environments
- T-SQL, SQL Jobs, Backup & Recovery
- Windows Server / IIS
- Experience supporting .NET web applications and SQL Server databases in federal or highly regulated environments
- Familiarity with IRS development, testing, configuration management, and security processes
- Experience with Business Objects, Crystal Reports, and enterprise reporting solutions
- Knowledge of accessibility compliance (Section 508) and federal cybersecurity frameworks
- Experience supporting audit readiness, security assessments, and compliance documentation
Benefits
- Work remotely while supporting high-impact federal programs in a collaborative environment focused on security, reliability, and continuous improvement.
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