Database Administrator Mid-level at AnaVation
Washington, DC
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Jul 9, 2026
Washington, DC
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level SQL Server Database Administrator role supporting a federal intelligence community customer on-site in Washington, D.C. Day-to-day work covers database design and maintenance, query tuning, index and statistics management, backup and disaster recovery, and Windows Server administration tasks such as patching and scripting. The role suits an experienced DBA with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance who is comfortable automating operations and collaborating with development and infrastructure teams.
Mid level · 4+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The JD explicitly requires a current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility AND the ability to obtain a polygraph — this is treated as a TS/SCI gate.
The degree requirement is stated as a minimum tied to the 4-year experience threshold ('Minimum of 4 years experience with a Bachelor's degree'); equivalent experience is not offered as a substitute, so Bachelor's is treated as a hard requirement.
PowerShell appears in both the daily duties narrative ('Automate routine operations using PowerShell or similar scripting tools') and the Preferred Qualifications section; it is treated as preferred since it is explicitly listed under Preferred Qualifications.
SSIS, SSRS, and SSAS are listed together under Preferred Qualifications as a single familiarity item; they are emitted as one skill with alternatives since any one of them satisfies the same preference signal.
Cloud experience and data migration/integration experience appear under Preferred Qualifications with no specific platform or tool named, so no concrete skill could be extracted for those items.
Windows Server administration is called out in the role description as a core daily duty ('This role blends core DBA tasks with system administration in Windows Server') and is treated as a required skill despite not appearing in a formal 'Required' bullet list.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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