SQL Server DBA with Federal Security Clearance

Location:

Lanham, MD

Posted:

June 29, 2026

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Resume:

Victor Njowusi

Lanham, Maryland 301-***-**** **********@*******.***

SKILL SUMMARY

• 19+ years as a Senior SQL Server Database Administrator with deep expertise in administering SQL Server 2016, 2019, and 2022 production environments, SSIS package management, cluster deployment, and troubleshooting for mission-critical federal systems.

• Extensive experience supporting production database operations in federal and DoD environments, following structured operational processes, security practices, and client change management procedures.

• Proven ability to deploy, configure, and manage Microsoft SQL Server clusters including Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) and Always-On Availability Groups for high availability and disaster recovery.

• Hands-on experience deploying, administering, maintaining, and troubleshooting SSIS packages in support of data integration, ETL workflows, and reporting systems in production environments.

• Strong background in query optimization (T-SQL, indexes, execution plans), proactive performance monitoring, root cause analysis, and resolving production incidents under time-sensitive conditions.

• Skilled in database backup/recovery, capacity planning, permissions management, access control, and cybersecurity compliance including TDE encryption and security hardening against federal benchmarks.

• Strong documentation discipline with a track record of producing SOPs, incident records, configuration documentation, and change logs in structured federal client environments.

CLEARANCE

• PUBLIC TRUST

EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND CERTIFICATIONS

• M.S. Business Administration (MBA), University of Maryland University College

• M.S. Technology Management, University of Maryland University College

• B.S. Computer Science, University of Benin

• PMI-Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

• Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate

• ITILv4 Foundation Certified - IT Service Management

• Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals

• Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)

• Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)

Work Experience:

Sr. Database Administrator, Pan Services LLC, Washington, DC (2/2026 – Present)

Monitor production, development, and test database environments to ensure optimal availability, reliability, and performance.

Proactively monitor database performance and optimize queries, indexes, execution plans, stored procedures, views, and triggers to improve application responsiveness and system throughput.

Administer database security through role-based access controls, user provisioning, permission management, auditing, and periodic access reviews following the principle of least privilege.

Collaborate with architects, BIM coordinators, project managers, and IT teams to support data migrations, imports, exports, and integrations associated with project lifecycle management and BIM data workflows.

Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot SSIS packages supporting data integration workflows; manage SQL Server patching, configuration updates, and maintenance windows following structured change request and change management processes.

Troubleshoot and resolve SQL Server 2016, 2017 and 2019 database incidents including blocking, deadlocks, performance bottlenecks, and availability issues; perform root-cause analysis and document findings in accordance with approved incident management procedures.

Maintain detailed technical documentation including architecture diagrams, SOPs, incident records, and change logs using ServiceNow ticketing and change management systems; support database permissions, access control reviews, and security compliance requirements.

Database Operations Specialist, H2 PCI LLC, Washington, DC (10/2025 – 1/2026)

Performed performance tuning of database queries to enhance data retrieval speeds.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance database performance and user experience.

Developed ETL processes for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading.

Developed comprehensive communication, change management, and escalation plans for critical database support, reinforcing production reliability.

Captured project outcomes and lessons learned to continuously improve database support.

Created and maintained custom reports to support research initiatives and decision-making.

Sr. Database Administrator, Serco North America, Herndon, VA (3/2025 – 08/2025)

(Client: HHS/HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration)

Migrated SQL Servers on-prem to Azure SQL Managed Instances using Log Replay Service (LRS); automated the migration pipeline with PowerShell and T-SQL

Monitored SQL Server Agent job health, database availability, storage utilization, and performance metrics; identified and resolved failures in compliance with federal operational SLAs.

Refactored Stored Procedures and T-SQL scripts to improve performance

Performed monthly patching and maintenance of SQL Server 2016 and 2019 instances following structured federal maintenance windows and change management procedures.

Developed process documentation in form of Standard Operating Procedures and organized Knowledge Transfer sessions for teammates.

Administer and support SQL Server production databases in a structured federal contractor environment, following DoD-aligned operational processes, change management procedures, and cybersecurity compliance requirements.

Fixed broken SQL Server Always-on Availability Groups for High Availability

Deployed, maintained, and troubleshot SSIS packages supporting ETL and data integration workflows; diagnosed and resolved package failures, connection issues, and execution errors in a production federal environment.

Sr. Database Administrator, DLH Corporation, Bethesda MD (12/2022 – 3/2025)

(Client: HHS/NIH - National Institute of Health)

Migrated SQL Server 2017 databases from on-premises to Azure SQL Databases in Elastic Pools, using Database Migration Assistance.

Upgraded SQL Server 2017 databases to SQL Server 2022; deployed and configured Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC) and SQL Server Always-On Availability Groups to provide high availability and disaster recovery for mission-critical production systems.

Worked with SharePoint developers to optimize SQL server SharePoint content databases to improve performance.

Created Azure Data Factory (ADF) Pipelines to move data from SQL Server tables to PostgreSQL database. Created and scheduled a Triger to execute ADF pipelines.

Promoted Pipelines from Development tier to Upper tier using Bitbucket and GitHub CI/CD tools.

Created and maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), incident documentation, and change records to support structured federal operational processes, compliance requirements, and configuration management.

Set up and configured Datadog monitoring tool for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL database monitoring.

Migrated MySQL 5.7 databases on RHEL7 to MySQL 8 RHEL8

Conducted root cause analysis and implemented permanent fixes for production database incidents including deadlocks, CPU, I/O, and memory pressure; used SQL Profiler, Extended Events, Query Store, Perfmon, DMVs, and Activity Monitor to diagnose and resolve issues in a federal healthcare environment.

Built reports with Power BI; converted SSRS reports to Power BI reports

Migrated MongoDB to Azure Cosmos database

Participate in IT planning initiatives and technology roadmap discussions, providing recommendations for database modernization, cloud adoption, and infrastructure improvements.

Design, implement, and regularly test backup, recovery, and disaster recovery procedures to ensure business continuity and compliance with data retention requirements.

Develop PowerShell, and T-SQL automation scripts for database monitoring, maintenance, alerting, health checks, and operational reporting.

Sr. Database Administrator, Systems Engineering Solutions Corporation, Greenbelt MD, (1/2018 – 9/2022)

(Client: US Census Bureau)

Deployed and configured Windows Server Failover Clusters and SQL Server Always-On Availability Groups on-premises and on AWS EC2 to provide high availability and disaster recovery for mission-critical federal production databases; followed agency change management and configuration management processes throughout.

Addressed and resolved security compliance findings on SQL Server 2016 and 2019 instances by hardening servers to meet approved federal security configuration benchmarks (STIGs); supported cybersecurity team audits, vulnerability remediation, and access control reviews.

Installed, configured, and administered SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019 across Development, Test, and Production environments on on-premises VMs and AWS EC2; managed patching, configuration updates, and maintenance windows in accordance with federal change management procedures.

Created physical data models from conceptual and logical models, designed Entity Relationship diagrams and created databases and database objects from physical data models.

Performed database capacity planning, including allocation and planning of future storage and other resource requirements.

Developed strategies for managing very large databases (VLDB) including partitioning, creating multiple datafiles and placing them in secondary file groups; Striping database backup to speed up backup processes.

Created baseline performance counters which come in handy when troubleshooting performance issues.

Worked closely with developers to ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices, helped with T-SQL query writing, execution plan reviews and indexes creation to improve performance.

Provided Tier 3 troubleshooting and escalation support for SQL Server production systems, including 24/7 on-call DBA support; documented all incidents, root-cause analyses, and resolutions in compliance with federal incident management requirements.

Configured Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) using AES256 Algorithm to protect data from unauthorized access.

Upgraded AWS Oracle RDS Instances from 12c to 19c using CloudFormation

Purged unneeded data from MySQL RDS database to reduce the size from 16 TB to 7 TB.

Senior SQL Server Database Administrator, Lockheed Martin/Leidos, Lanham MD, (04/2004 - 12/2017)

(Client: US Department of Housing and Urban Development)

Invited to join permanent staff in 2008 following 4 years of contracting.

Led project team in successful upgrade of over 300 SQL Server 2000 databases to SQL Server 2012 on Windows server 2012, delivering 30% increase in database and server performance

Architected and led database High Availability (HA) implementation project for SharePoint database servers, resulting in increase in SharePoint up time from 90% to 99.9%

Provided support to Sybase and Oracle DBAs as necessary.

Ensured consistency in database development by coordinating with development teams to define database coding standards and naming conventions.

Managed 24/7 on-call DBA support team for production SQL Server environments; oversaw daily monitoring of SQL Server Agent jobs, Windows event logs, error logs, storage utilization, and availability metrics to ensure SLA compliance in a high-availability federal system.

Administered, deployed, and maintained SSIS packages to support ETL and data integration workflows, migrating SharePoint Content Databases to Azure SQL and importing/exporting data from flat files, CSV, ODBC, and OLEDB sources in a large-scale federal production environment.

Created physical databases from logical and physical designs, and database objects including tables, views, triggers and stored procedures.

Implemented and enforced change control management procedures to track all production database configuration and object changes; coordinated with application, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams following structured federal operational and compliance processes.

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