Database Engineer 3

CACI•Laurel, MD

19d•Onsite

About The Position

CACI is seeking a Database Engineer to provide technical expertise for database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow and analysis. This role involves developing Object-Oriented databases, database parser software, and database loading software. The engineer will project long-range requirements for database administration and design, and is responsible for maintaining a database structure that fits into the overall architecture of the system, making trade-offs among data volumes, number of users, logical and physical distribution, response times, retention rules, security, and domain controls. Additionally, the role is responsible for the ingest and management of large data flows and configuration of NiFi clusters.

Requirements

TS/SCI with Polygraph
Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. 5 years of DBE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
10 years’ experience as a DBE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
Experience installing, configuring, and optimizing NiFi standalone instances and clusters
Experience with Linux system administration (RHEL)
NiFi front end/back-end experience
Comfortable creating and maintaining system documentation, SSPs, and SOPs
Working knowledge of MongoDB, Postgres, etc.

Nice To Haves

Docker/Kubernetes
Splunk
Configuration tools (i.e., Salt/Puppet)
Experience with creating procedures to execute queries
Experience in DB hardening (Security), ensuring the databases are securely connected and performing regular syncs in between firewalls.

Responsibilities

Monitor disk space, memory, performance
Build and maintain monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
Utilize network security expertise to analyze and make actionable alerts for the customer
Building and monitoring of data flows
Manage security certificates and system updates
Perform backup and disaster recovery
Investigate errors and performance issues