Database Administrator (DBA)

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Washington / $65 - $80 hour

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Salary

RATE:

$65 - $80

Location

LOCATION

Washington

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Job Title

Database Administrator

Intro Harnham

Harnham is supporting a government digital project delivered through a specialist consulting partner. This role focuses on database performance and reliability for business‑critical systems.

Intro Client

The client is a boutique consulting firm delivering workflow and automation solutions for public sector organisations.

Role Details

  • Role: Database Administrator (DBA)
  • Location: DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia) or remote, East coast based
  • Hours: EST business hours required
  • Pay Range: $65-$80/hr
  • Length: 6-12 month contract with likely extension
  • Utilization: Full time
  • Domain: Government, public sector

Intro to Role

This role owns database performance and optimisation for applications supporting government operations. You will focus on stored procedures, tuning, and stability, working closely with Appian and application teams to ensure systems perform reliably at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Tune databases to improve performance and stability
  • Design, optimise, and maintain stored procedures
  • Investigate and resolve database performance issues
  • Support application teams with SQL and data optimisation
  • Contribute to best practices for database reliability and scalability

Requirements

Must have
  • 10 plus years of overall IT experience
  • 4 plus years working with stored procedures
  • 4 plus years of database performance tuning
  • Strong SQL development and optimisation skills
  • Experience supporting production databases
Nice to have
  • Appian database experience
  • Experience working in government or regulated environments

Outro

This role suits a senior DBA who enjoys improving system performance and supporting mission‑critical platforms in a structured, high‑impact environment.

CONTACT

Devin Klein

Recruitment Consultant

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