DBHDS - Database Administrator

We strive to attract and retain the brightest people and offer different job experiences with a full range of challenges and rewards.

We help companies realize and implement IT solutions strategically. Yakshna Solutions supports our client’s mission and goals by sharing our know-how, skills and knowledge. We take pride in being an equal opportunity employer.

Working with Yakshna gives you the opportunity to develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities. Additionally, you can build a network of peers, mentors and advance your career! We offer exciting opportunities to work with leading industry experts, business consultants and IT specialists across large government and private sector companies. The people who work in Yakshna are as diverse as our services.

We recognize the crucial importance of each individual to our success and offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits and innovative training.

Opportunities here exist across many services and across many US states. Based on your relevant profile and our current requirements, our recruitment team will contact you as soon as possible.

Mar 14 2025

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758490 DBHDS - Database Administrator 4

Yakshna Solutions, Inc is a CMMI Level 3 assessed, ISO 9001, 20000:1, 27001 certified, woman-owned small business enterprise, headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. YSI provides professional IT solutions and services to business corporations and government organizations. YSI is committed to serving its 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.

A database administrator (DBA) is an IT professional responsible for managing, maintaining, and securing an organization's databases, ensuring data is stored, organized, and accessible for analysis and business operations; oversee db administration tasks like installation, configuration, backup, security, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting database issues.

The following list describes the typical responsibilities and deliverables of a Database Administrator:

• Perform SQL Server Monitoring
• Perform SQL Server Daily Check
• Provide database support for scheduled deployments
• Provide database support for troubleshooting issues
• Automation of tasks to reduce required level of manual intervention
• Track database connections and log the information
• Enforce ISO security requirements and policies
• Conduct an audit of databases access
• Automate alerts for expired/expiring passwords for users in database administrator group
• Check for unauthorized membership to database administrator group
• Report user access anomalies to ISO (Information Security Officer)
• Upgrade older SQL versions to a supported SQL version to take advantage of new security features
• Management of OLTP and OLAP SQL Server environments
• Power BI administration and support
• Snowflake administration and support

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We expect the consultant to be available on-demand to support the existing Windows SQL server databases hosted in VITA. The current DBAs will work to support VITA in the event of any Windows server, SQL server databases patches and upgrades occurring at least once or twice per month.

• Perform database validations after VITA patching
• Troubleshoot non-standard job issues including extended delays and failures due to network latency issues, blocking and old code sets not being updated or optimized
• After-hour DBA support requested in advance for enhancements and break fixes
• Perform unplanned database restore by working with VITA

• Perform data engineering activities on the cloud to support data integration, data storage, data consumption, and data governance initiatives.
• Experience with AWS services including S3, Aurora, DynamoDB
• Configure Data Management practices on AWS using native services such as AWS…