Imagineeer is a fast-growing SBA 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business headquartered in Arlington, VA, delivering federal AI modernization across health, defense, homeland security, and transportation. We design, test, and deploy secure, AI-ready systems that move agencies from pilots to production without breaking governance, compliance, or mission continuity. Our Mission Studio model creates shared environments where policy, data, security, and operations come together. We are capability-driven and competitive by design, not program-dependent. Our leadership has operated inside the federal systems we now transform, bringing institutional knowledge that accelerates delivery and reduces risk. If real delivery motivates you more than slides, and you want your work to compound across programs and agencies, Imagineeer is growing and we are building the team to match.
About the role
Imagineeer is seeking a highly motivated, flexible, organized, and detail-
oriented SQL Developer/DBA to join our great team in Bethesda MD (possibly
remote but candidate needs to be local to the National Capital Region). If you want
to learn, grow, and help then this is the job for you. What you do matters and has
significant impact on the medical, health, and scientific communities we serve.
Key Responsibilities:
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Support a mission-critical enterprise application w/ ~17,000 users by administrating/managing the underlying Microsoft SQL Server database and providing Tier-3 user support.
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Work closely with other DBAs and cross-functional team for design, development, testing, verification, and implementation in database/SQL Server related activities.
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Provide guidance and technical support to the development team members regarding the database design/implementation.
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Design and create logical and physical data models.
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Design, develop and maintain database objects.
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Implement integrity constraints and indexes.
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Write queries, stored procedures, and triggers.
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Create installation scripts.
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Create Data Transformation Service (DTS) packages to convert and load data.
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Conduct performance tuning of queries and other database objects.
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Conduct/design code reviews.
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Troubleshoot SQL Server, database, production and non-production environment issues and errors.
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Monitor user access and security.
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Provide operation, technical and user support.
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Perform regular maintenance and deploy and verify releases.
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Develop, manage, and test backup and recovery plans.
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Develop and maintain interfaces with internal and external systems.
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Create, maintain, and update all system related documents.
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Conduct capacity planning and provide recommendations.
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Interface with stakeholders to understand upcoming infrastructure needs.
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Manage security and disaster recovery aspects of the database, including resolving security findings for MS SQL Server and the underlying operating system.
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Document SOPs.
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Perform root cause analysis and create incident reports.
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Setup IIS server and web configurations as needed.
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Write custom SQL queries to generate reports and dashboards.
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Perform data management and clean up.
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Perform routine health check of the production and non-production database environment.
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Occasional extended work and weekend work are required.
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Interface w/ end-users as Tier-3 helpdesk support for most-complex end-user related challenges which likely require back-end data-fixes.
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Using GitHub as a revision control system for database scripts.
Qualifications and Skills:
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Minimum of 5 years practical (hands-on) experience in SQL Server database administration and data modeling providing development DBA support.
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Business Analysis-Data Analysis-Microsoft SQL - 5+ years exp.
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Database Administration-Microsoft SQL Server-CORE - 5+ years exp.
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Database Administration-Performance Tuning-SQL Server - 5+ years exp.
Desired Skills and Competencies:
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Thorough knowledge of SQL Server databases along with skills in data manipulation mechanisms such as SQL, stored procedures, views and triggers, etc.
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Practical (hands-on) experience in Microsoft SQL Server database administration and support.
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Thorough knowledge of relational database principles, techniques, and best practices.
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Active Public Trust Clearance or ability to get public trust clearance.
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Extensive knowledge and experience in administration, programming and daily operations and support of Microsoft SQL Server versions including DTS, SQL Mail, Administration of SQL Jobs, backup and recovery, stored procedures, user defined functions, data modeling, etc.
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Demonstrated expertise and experience in overseeing the operations of large, mission critical Enterprise Systems database servers.
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Demonstrated expertise in developing mission critical data imports and exports with a diversity of data sources including mainframes, web services, FTP sites, ODBC and JDBC based data sources.
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Experience and expertise in the development, design, programming, and support of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services.
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Must have proven problem-solving experience as applied to the 24/7 operations of an Enterprise System.
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Must have user/technical support experience.
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Proven experience in SQL programming.
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Hands-on experience developing data integration solution either through the use of a tool or a custom solution.
Additional Information:
Employment for this position is contingent upon the candidate being a United States citizen and having the ability to successfully obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance, in accordance with applicable federal regulations. All hiring decisions will be made in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.
