Database Engineer #1865771

Network Designs Inc.•, VA

15d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Database Engineer to administer and engineer production and non-production database platforms that underpin FAA enterprise data, applications, portals, analytics, and reporting services. This role supports the FAA Chief Data Office (CDO) Enterprise Information & Data Integration Program and works with cross-functional technical and mission teams to deliver secure, reliable, and well-documented outcomes.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship is required
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
This position is remote, candidate must reside in one of the following states: AL, AZ, DC, FL, GA, ID, MD, MS, NJ, NC, OK, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV
Occasional travel may be required. Candidates should be able to attend meetings at FAA facilities and other locations throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) as required.
Bachelor's degree in IT, engineering, computer science, or a related field.
Minimum 4 years of demonstrable database administration and/or engineering experience in an enterprise environment.
Demonstrated ability to perform work closely related to the assigned tasks and work products.
Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Ability to work with sensitive, confidential, or regulated information and follow FAA and federal policies and procedures.
Ability to use FAA-issued accounts and Government-designated collaboration and task-tracking systems as required

Nice To Haves

FAA or federal database operations experience.
Experience supporting regulated, high-availability production environments.
Experience with cloud database modernization, NoSQL platforms, automation, and enterprise data warehouses.

Responsibilities

Administer Oracle RAC and cloud-based PostgreSQL/Aurora database environments supporting mission-critical FAA workloads.
Maintain database availability, performance, capacity, schemas, access controls, backups, recovery, patching, upgrades, replication, and high-availability configurations.
Use RMAN and approved operational tooling to protect data, validate recoverability, and sustain production and non-production environments.
Monitor platform health, review logs and metrics, diagnose incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and tune SQL, storage, indexing, and database configurations.
Support EDR, ADX, FAA1, PURE, and EDP operations, release cycles, platform modernization, database migrations, and transitions from proprietary platforms to cloud and NoSQL/SQL architectures.
Maintain data dictionaries, technical documentation, SOPs, runbooks, architecture artifacts, schedules, and evidence supporting FAA security and privacy assessments.
Participate in vulnerability remediation, configuration reviews, annual assessments, and continuous-monitoring activities.
Coordinate with application developers, ETL engineers, platform engineers, security teams, and product owners to preserve data integrity and system interoperability.