Sr. SQL Database Administrator at Peraton
San Antonio, TX
$80,000–$128,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
San Antonio, TX
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior database administration role focused on designing and maintaining enterprise-grade SQL database systems for a national security contractor supporting government and defense clients. Day-to-day work spans schema design, stored procedures, performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, ETL/ELT processes, and security compliance. The role suits an experienced DBA comfortable guiding junior staff and working within a cleared, compliance-driven environment.
Senior level · 8+ years · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The role has meaningful design/architecture responsibilities (scalable database architectures, data models, schemas) alongside traditional DBA operations, making it a genuine hybrid between 15-1242 Database Administrators and 15-1243 Database Architects. 15-1242 was chosen as primary because the operational duties (backups, restores, DR, security, permissions, monitoring) appear to be the dominant day-to-day work.
No specific enterprise DBMS platform (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL) is named anywhere in the posting — only 'SQL and enterprise database management systems' generically.
The experience requirement is tiered: 8 years minimum with a BS/BA, or 12 years with a high school diploma. The lower bound (8 years) is used for the overall years minimum. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting requires candidates to 'have or obtain' a favorable Tier 3 investigation and a Public Trust — these are obtainable conditions, not a hard gate on holding an active clearance at time of application. Clearance is therefore set to None.
DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE) must be obtained within 45 days of start — treated as a required credential for the role.
US Citizenship is required per the posting.
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