SharePoint Database Administrator - Contractor

ServBeyond Solutions’ dedication to innovation, quality, and customer satisfaction has allowed us to become a well-recognized leader in providing digital services for our Government customers. We seek an experienced Mid to Senior ServiceNow Developer who can contribute to our customer success.

Overview:
We seek a proactive and technically skilled SharePoint Database Administrator to join our IT project team. This role is a critical liaison between end users and the IT department, responsible for planning, installing, configuring, maintaining, and securing all enterprise database systems for SharePoint On-Premise. The ideal candidate will possess
skills to perform routine database operations, backups, data integrity, security compliance, and performance tuning.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Maintain, back up, and restore SQL SharePoint databases to ensure data integrity and availability.

• Monitor server health and troubleshoot issues at the server and database level.

• Optimize performance, storage, and security of databases, including regular checks and disaster recovery tests.

• Collaborate with application developers and system administrators for integrated operations.

• Document maintenance, incidents, and configuration changes as required.

• Utilize tools like Azure Portal, Power BI Report Server, SSMS, Splunk, and TSQL for managing and monitoring databases at a server level.

• Support database security compliance and address findings related to database impacts.

• Monitor disk and server usage, handle failover processes, and manage permissions.

Primary Responsibilities:

The SharePoint Database Administrator (DBA) is a central role in the operation of the SharePoint Support team. To support best practices, this person must have excellent knowledge of SQL databases and a strong background working in Agile-based projects. The DBA will focus on databases and connections supporting Microsoft SharePoint.

• Supporting monthly SharePoint database patching activities including database stability checks.

• Performing database backup/restore of SQL SharePoint content databases to align with operations and maintenance processes.

• Provide server level troubleshooting of databases and monitoring of database health including disk usage, server usage, storage.

• Create basic T-SQL scripting to change parameters.

• Collaborate with application developers and system admins to support integrated services.

• Maintain database schemas, stored procedures, indexes, and triggers.

• Document all procedures, incidents, and changes in accordance with contract requirements.

• Install and configure database software, tools, and utilities.

• Perform regular database maintenance, backups, restores, and disaster recovery tests.

• Monitor performance, tune queries, and optimize storage.

• Maintain database security in compliance with federal standards.

• Ensure data availability, integrity, and redundancy across operational systems.

• Work with Product Owners to identify priorities, participate in Feature/Iteration Reviews, Backlog Refinement, and in team daily stand-up meetings.

• Support the Migration from SharePoint On-Premise to SharePoint Online.

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Must be able to support on-call duties over the weekend and have a flexible working schedule.

• Must be able to multitask and write grammatically correct email responses to customers within the government.

• Must interact with a cross-disciplinary team and navigate between government clients, partner contractors, and our internal team.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Experience in systems database, recovery, and/or systems software and support.

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience
  providing database administration for a large system.

• Experience utilizing
  SAFe Agile and Scrum Methodologies
  

• Excellent customer communication skills
  

• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience with SharePoint Online or SharePoint 2019.

• Experience supporting federal government environments.

• Azure portal familiarity to view infrastructure resources

• Experience with Splunk monitoring and query building.

• Experience creating T-SQL scripts.

• Experience with SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

• Prior SSMS application and SQL server experience.

• Database Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification.

• Prior experience with SQL Server

• Experience with using ShareGate.

• Experience with using Jira.

Work Environment & Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

• 15 days paid time off

• 10 Paid Holidays

• 401(k) with employer contributions

• Professional development opportunities

Compensation

The hourly rate for this contract position is $85/hr.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ServBeyond Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Requirements

ServBeyond Solutions is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need an accommodation due to a disability to apply for a position with us, please email us at hr@servbeyond.com.

The physical demands described below represent the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. The employee is regularly required to speak or listen and frequently uses hands or fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls. Occasionally, the employee must stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms, as well as lift or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus, with the noise level in the work environment usually being low to moderate.