Senior Database Administrator

Job ID: 2617243
Location: Middletown, RI, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-29
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Database Admin
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_HYBRID
Description
SAIC is seeking a skilled Senior Database Administrator in Middletown, RI to administer, maintain, secure and optimize Microsoft SQL Server environments supporting business-critical application and data services. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on SQL Server administration experience and practical experience operating databases in cloud environments, preferably Microsoft Azure. Experience supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) database services is a plus.
Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain Microsoft SQL Server databases across development, test, staging, and production environments.
• Monitor database health, availability, performance, capacity, and security; identify and resolve issues before they affect mission or business operations.
• Perform database installation, configuration, patching, upgrades, migrations, and version lifecycle management.
• Develop, test, and maintain backup, restoration, high-availability, and disaster-recovery procedures.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, or information technology and five (5) years or more experience; Masters and three (3) years or more experience.
• Security+, GSEC, Security+, or SSCP; equivalent certification.
• Experience with Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Azure Storage, and Azure networking concepts.
• Experience planning or executing SQL Server migrations to Azure.
• Experience with AWS database services.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, configuration management, or automation tools.
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD practices for database deployments.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work individually, and in a team.
• Strong documentation and process-improvement habits.
• Willingness to learn evolving cloud database technologies.

Target salary range: $80,001 - $120,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .