SQL DBA

Job Title: Database Administrator

Location: 900 E Broad St, Richmond VA 23219 (Onsite)

Status: Full-time, Contract

Yakshna Solutions, Inc., (YSI) is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprises, headquartered in Herndon, VA, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serving business communities as a leading IT vendor providing innovative, quality, and cost-effective IT business solutions and services.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes the following: 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, paid time off, training, and professional development assistance.

YSI is seeking a Database Administrator. Current need is for a Database Administrator 2 to assist with migrating existing databases from one hosted platform to a new hosted platform. Someone with knowledge of moving or migrating databases, as well as systems validation after migration. Considerable working background in Microsoft SQL database administration. Architecture and troubleshooting in a working environment. Database administration and backup/recovery management. Working knowledge of backing up and restoring production databases.

This role will fill day to daily break/fix incident response on our SQL environment. Our SQL environment runs in a SQL Max platform hardware solution, dedicated for SQL performance. The SQL version we are running range from 2008 2019. We also have a small Oracle footprint, some experience in Oracle is great, but the primary focus will be SQL. Other daily tasks may include utilizing updates, restoration, and recovery if or when required.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years managing and administering production databases.
• 5+ years troubleshooting databases and systems.
• 5+ years performing database backup, recovery, and monitoring.
• 5+ years collaborating with teams and communicating with customers.
• 5+ years managing database security, access, and permissions.
• 5+ years designing, configuring, deploying, and maintaining systems.
• 5+ years maintaining accurate project, workload, and process documentation.