Fort Meade, MD TS/SCI with Polygraph Full-Time $120,000 - $165,000 Actively hiring Active TS/SCI clearance required. Benz Technology is unable to sponsor security clearances. U.S. citizenship required. About the Role You'll join a small, skilled DBA team responsible for creating, maintaining, and troubleshooting databases across on-premise datacenters and cloud environments. The role spans Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB across multiple networks and architectures, with a strong emphasis on automation and proactive problem-solving. Responsibilities Create, maintain, patch, and troubleshoot Microsoft SQL Server and MariaDB database instances Monitor and tune index and query performance across multiple environments Manage backup and recovery processes to ensure data integrity and availability Troubleshoot application and instance-level issues in collaboration with cross-functional teams Support database deployments in both on-premise and AWS cloud environments Develop scripts to automate repetitive administrative tasks Maintain and manage database environments hosted on Windows Server infrastructure Required Qualifications Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server database administration Experience with MariaDB and/or Oracle databases Index management and query performance tuning Database backup and recovery procedures Troubleshooting database instances and connected applications Desired Qualifications AWS RDS and cloud database services PowerShell or Python scripting for task automation Commvault backup solutions SQL Server AlwaysOn availability groups Windows Event Log filtering and Task Scheduler management SharePoint database support Why engineers join Benz 15% employer 401(k) — vested day one, no match required 28 paid days off per year $7,500 annual tuition reimbursement $2,500 training & development budget 28 years in business — our engineers stay through recompetes