What are the responsibilities and job description for the SQL Database Administrator position at Castalia Systems, LLC?
- Responsible for the performance, integrity and security of program databases
- Involved in the planning and development of databases, as well as in troubleshooting any issues on behalf of the users
- Consulting with the staff, managers and executives about the best security practices and providing technical advice
- Troubleshoot hardware and software errors by running diagnostics, documenting problems and resolutions, prioritizing problems and assessing the impact of issues
- Provide documentation and technical specifications to IT staff for planning and implementing new or upgrades of IT infrastructure
- Perform or delegate regular backup operations and implement appropriate processes for data protection, disaster recovery and fail-over procedures
- Responsible for capacity, storage planning and database performance
- Updating software with the latest security patches and ensuring the proper defenses are present for each network resource
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B.S. degree in related field and 5 years experience
- or M.S. in related field and 3 years of experience
- Proven working experience as a Microsoft SQL Database Administrator
- Hands-on experience with database standards and end user applications
- Excellent knowledge of data backups, recovery, security and integrity
- Familiarity with database design, documentation and coding
- Previous experience with DBA case tools (front and back-end) and third party tools
- Problem solving skills and ability to think algorithmically
- Must be able to obtain and maintain DOD 8570 IAT Level II Cert (CISSP or Sec pref).
- Requires advanced knowledge of work area typically obtained through advanced education combined with experience.
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Experience with a variety of other relational databases other than Microsoft SQL such as MySQL and PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with programming languages API
- A strong understanding and knowledge of computer, network and security systems
- Experience hardening systems via policies, scripts, GPO's or manually via STIGs or other system hardening baselines as they apply
- Experience installing, configuring, hardening and maintaining Windows servers, performing software installs and upgrades to operating systems and COTS applications
- Knowledge of service management disciplines engagement, design, delivery and maintenance lifecycles in a high technology or IT services domain
- Ability to work with an extremely risk adverse customer and their policies
- Ability to travel (CONUS) up to 10% of the time
Work Environment:
- Working conditions are a normal office environment.
- May require periods of non-traditional working hours to include nights and/or weekends.
Castalia Systems values its employees, and our employees love to work for Castalia! We offer a generous benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k matching with day 1 vesting, PTO and paid holidays, paid life insurance, AD&D, and long/short-term disability, professional training, and many more!
Castalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
