Database Administrator at Network and Simulation Technologies, Inc. in Newport, Rhode Island

Job Description:

Database Administrator

Netsimco is a Saalex company located in Middletown, RI. Saalex is an Engineering and Information Technology Services company providing Cyber Security, Information Technology, Strategic Operations Research, Wargaming, Training and Education, Range Operations and Management, Engineering and Logistics Services, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Services to an array of government agencies across every warfare domain.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain development, test, and production databases.


• Implement and enforce appropriate security protocols in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) standards.


• Perform capacity planning, database tuning and optimization, system resource planning and allocation, and implementation of backup and recovery strategies.


• Troubleshoot and resolve issues with availability, performance, and integrity of the databases.


• Control and monitor user access to the database.


• Apply patches and updates regularly.


• Migrate existing databases to the latest SQL servers.


• Perform evaluation and implementation of new database technologies.


• Provide technical support to application development team.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance


• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience


• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server databases


• Experience working in a VMWare environment preferred


• Experience configuring database mirroring and load balancing preferred


• Microsoft DP-300 certification preferred