Overview Company overview: For more than three decades, Pragmatics has provided clients with award-winning customer service and expert solutions to complex challenges. Since 1985, Pragmatics has maintained a sterling reputation as a trusted, capable and innovative solutions provider. Pragmatics' industry-leading experts currently deliver high-impact solutions to a portfolio of 25 major information technology contracts with a range of D efense and C ivilian Agencies . These include the Defense Information Systems Agency; the Departments of the Army, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Justice, State, and Treasury; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the General Services Administration; and several intelligence agencies. Pragmatics is proud of its ability to support our clients in achieving success in their important missions, and we look forward to continuing to provide them with the highest level of service. #Dice Responsibilities Would you like to perform rewarding work while contributing to the success of an established, growing company? Pragmatics , Inc . is seeking a SQL Database Administrator to support our US Army Customer. Where Reston, VA and Arlington with possible travel to Fairfield (CA) - it is anticipated travel to Fairfield will occur 1-2x / year for 1-3 days each occurrence Position Overview Pragmatics is seeking a SQL Database Administrator to join a Software development team in support of the EISS (Enterprise Interment Services System) Program. This person will drive technology transformations with our client, bring a passion for technology to the team, have strong technical acumen, and demonstrated experience in deploying production-ready solutions for customers. This role will work closely with team members, our client, and stakeholders and help drive the EISS solution and improve our client's overall business posture Core Responsibilities Develop database architecture roadmaps in support of business strategies Lead in solution architecture for database and database applications Participate in architecture reviews of enterprise systems Responsible for aspects of the system lifecycle: requirements analysis & definition, system design, implementation, testing and deployment Plan and conduct database architecture assessments that examine DBMS and database configuration and performance Analyze existing large, complex DB schema to define performance bottlenecks, application bugs and opportunities to improve new target schema Capture and analyze database activity to identity improvement in storage, indexing file structure, maintenance processes and query performance Qualifications US. Citizenship 10 years of experience with MS SQL Server Must be an experienced DBA who has worked on SQL Server 2008,2012 and 2014 High level comfort in performing white boarding sessions with the team Proficient in designing /implementing/administering large SQL DBs Experience in performing DB migrations Must understand the SQL Server architecture at an expert level Experience designing and migrating complicated SQL database Experience designing and implementing databases tables, views, stored procedure, triggers and functions Experience using software tools to perform database performance optimization and tuning Desired Skills Advanced Degree preferred (Computer Science or Systems Engineering, or related fields) Strong communication skills Independent thinking and self-driven Clearance DoD Secret Clearance - must have upon hire date Pragmatics is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer . Pragmatics prohibits discrimination against employees and qualified applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, marital status, national origin, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws. Pragmatics will make reasonable accommodations, in appropriate cases, for qualified individuals with disabilities, if it can do so without undue hardship. - provided by Dice Systems, Security, SQL, Database, Software, System, DBA, Computer, Engineering