SQL Database Administrator / Engineer
Provato
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Florida • United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Tech Stack
About the role
- Provide day-to-day operational support for mission-critical SQL database environments supporting state agency legacy systems.
- Monitor database health, performance, availability, and capacity.
- Perform routine maintenance, patching, backups, restores, and disaster recovery support.
- Troubleshoot and resolve database-related issues in coordination with application and infrastructure teams.
- Ensure database environments meet established service levels and operational requirements.
- Support current-state assessments by documenting existing database architectures, configurations, and data flows.
- Inventory databases, schemas, jobs, integrations, and dependencies across legacy systems.
- Identify technical debt, performance constraints, risks, and operational challenges within the database environment.
- Provide subject matter expertise related to legacy system data structures and usage patterns.
- Contribute database-related input to modernization planning and future-state discussions.
- Support analysis of database migration, modernization, or replacement options.
- Assist in defining database-related technical requirements, assumptions, and constraints for future-state solutions.
- Provide operational insights to ensure future designs are supportable, secure, and maintainable.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a SQL Database Administrator or Database Engineer supporting enterprise systems.
- Strong experience supporting relational database environments in production, including: Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle relational databases.
- Demonstrated experience supporting legacy application environments and mission-critical systems.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
- Experience documenting database environments and operational processes.
- Experience supporting State or local government systems or other public-sector environments.
- Familiarity with legacy technologies and applications (e.g., C++, VB6, COBOL, .NET) and their database dependencies.
- Experience supporting system modernization, migration, or replacement initiatives.
- Knowledge of security, compliance, backup, and disaster recovery requirements for government systems.
- Experience supporting procurement or RFP-related documentation.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
SQLMicrosoft SQL ServerOracledatabase performance tuningdatabase troubleshootingdatabase maintenancedisaster recoverydatabase documentationlegacy system supportdata migration
Soft Skills
operational supportproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationanalytical thinkingattention to detailorganizational skillssubject matter expertiseinsight generationtechnical requirement definition