Database Engineer

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

About The Position

KBR is seeking a Database Engineer to support the development, deployment, and sustainment of the GEMSTONE platform. The role supports the design, implementation, administration, automation, and optimization of mission-critical data services for platform operations, user applications, digital engineering workflows, analytics, warfighter AI/ML capabilities, and data sharing across organizations. The engineer will collaborate with software, platform, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity teams and government stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing data management solutions. The position is based onsite or hybrid in Dayton, Ohio, with no travel and standard working hours.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance.
1–5 years of professional experience supporting database technologies.
Experience with one or more relational database platforms: PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, or MSSQL.
Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Couchbase, RavenDB, or Firestore; Elasticsearch or OpenSearch; Redis, Valkey, or Memcached; or FoundationDB, CockroachDB, TiKV, or YugabyteDB.
Experience with distributed consensus and replication.
Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries.
Understanding of database design principles, normalization, and data modeling.
Familiarity with Linux operating systems.
Basic scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ETL processes and the role databases play in them.
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
Familiarity with databases hosted by AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience supporting distributed microservice architectures.
Understanding of API-driven systems and data integration patterns.
Understanding and implementation of the Transactional Outbox pattern.
Experience with PostgreSQL scaling and replication.
Experience with high-availability database architectures.
Exposure to DevSecOps practices and CI/CD tools.
Familiarity with digital engineering, MBSE, modeling and simulation, analytics, or AI/ML environments.
Understanding of NIST RMF, STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
Experience supporting observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, configure, and maintain relational, non-relational, distributed, and/or leaderless database solutions for GEMSTONE platform services and applications.
Support deployment and sustainment of databases used by microservices in containerized Kubernetes environments.
Assist with database schema design, data modeling, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
Develop automated database provisioning, backup, recovery, replication, and migration capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines.
Support data governance, audit logging, access control, and cybersecurity requirements.
Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, and availability.
Troubleshoot database performance, connectivity, and operational issues.
Assist software engineering teams with database integration and API-driven data access patterns.
Support data persistence for user applications, digital engineering artifacts, simulation outputs, and platform services.
Participate in DevSecOps, Agile, and CI/CD activities.
Contribute to technical documentation, architecture products, and operational procedures.
Support deployment across cloud, hybrid, and potentially disconnected operational environments.