Director Database Administration Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Job Summary:
TrueTandem is a trusted information technology solutions provider dedicated to customer success. The System and Database Administration Lead is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of hybrid system and database environments, ensuring system performance, availability, and security through effective management and collaboration.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and manage system and database administration activities supporting hybrid on-prem and cloud infrastructure, including administration for OS and database platforms across Development, Pre-Production, and Production environments.
• Provide leadership and oversight for server operations, database management, storage coordination, and backup/recovery execution, ensuring reliable and compliant operations
• Direct OS-level administration for hosted systems (on-prem and cloud), including access controls, patching coordination/execution, utilization reporting, incident root cause analysis, and documentation of SOPs, inventories, and architecture diagrams.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and compliance with security standards.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to create scalable and user‑friendly solutions.
• Oversee planning, implementation, and ongoing management of database instances, including shared and dedicated databases, performance tuning, capacity monitoring, and support for upgrades consistent with customer policy and governance
• Oversee planning, implementation, and operational execution of backup and recovery, including recovery testing at least every six months and participation in annual contingency failover/failback exercises with DR/COOP infrastructure
• Ensure compliance with organizational and federal IT security standards.
Qualifications:
Required:
• US Citizen and active Top Secret or DOE Q Clearance
• Bachelor's degree OR equivalent work experience
• 7-10+ years of experience in system engineering or a similar role
• Managing a team of highly skilled individuals responsible for providing day-to-day operational support in the area of Server Operations, Database Management, Storage, and Backup.
• Balancing and adjusting workloads to ensure software products are deployed and/or patched and upgraded successfully, considering and addressing FISMA, NIST and Department of Defense security guidance, rules/regulations, standards, and industry best practices.
• Managing teams providing support for Windows Servers, Redhat Linux Servers, VMware, and other virtualization software as well as database administration.
• Working collaboratively with clients including application/business owners and their support Contractors to maintain and update systems as required.
• Maintaining security patches and reducing or eliminating security vulnerabilities.
• Working with application/business owners and their support Contractors to balance and schedule workload, identify performance bottlenecks, and identify system interdependencies to prevent the formation of performance problems.
• Hands-on technical breadth across: server virtualization, networks (high speed LAN and WAN), MS Windows Server OS, MS SQL Databases, Redhat Linux and UNIX variants, Oracle/Sun JAVA, storage environments, data backup and retention best practices, VMware and other virtualization products, and firewalls/security products, particularly scanning and remediation software and techniques.
Preferred:
• Microsoft Certified Administrator or Red Hat Certified Engineer/Administrator
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to interact effectively with cross-functional teams and convey complex data insights.
• Experience supporting operational requirements for sensitive enclaves and specialized environments
• Experience administering environments with: predominantly Windows Server (2016/2019/2022), some RHEL (6–9), and highly virtualized infrastructure
• Familiarity with enterprise backup modernization approaches and hybrid backup models (e.g., transitioning from tape-centric approaches to cloud-hosted backup solutions)
Company:
TrueTandem is a consulting company focused on the rapid implementation and acceptance of Microsoft technologies and solutions. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in Herndon, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.