• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies. • Ensure data integrity, backups, and disaster recovery readiness. • Collaborate with development teams on schema design, query optimization, and data modeling (OLTP/OLAP). • Support database security and access controls in compliance with DoD standards. • Maintain documentation and change control procedures. • Lead database upgrades and migrations. • Automate routine tasks (backups, patching, user provisioning) with versioned scripting and CI/CD. • Participate in on-call rotation, incident response, root-cause analysis, and capacity planning. • Integrate monitoring and alerting.