Database Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology•Washington, DC

8h•$83,927 - $113,549•Onsite

About The Position

DATA ENGINEER Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers’ most complex challenges. As a Data Engineer at GDIT, you’ll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT Our Company: Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology, delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments. These positions are contingent upon the award of a contract. Work is expected to begin March 2026. Job Description: Help shape the U.S. Navy’s space, aerospace, and tactical Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems as a Database Engineer. Our work depends on a Database Engineer joining our team to provide onsite Systems Engineering and Development support to the Naval Research Lab (NRL) in Washington, D.C. Program support will extend across the entire space/ground spectrum of hardware, software and advanced technologies including digital processing, as well as system engineering.

Requirements

10 years’ relevant experience
Experience supporting complex Multi-INT processing from initial planning and design to final installation and maintenance.
Full spectrum software development skills.
Knowledge of terrestrial and space surveillance methodologies, sensor technologies, and capabilities.
B.S. degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent degree
Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
US Citizenship Required

Responsibilities

Apply full-spectrum software development methodologies and practices, including traditional structured programming as well as object-oriented programming techniques and broad utilization of current software development tools within numerous environments.
Key tasks include planning, design, development, testing, installation, and maintenance of complex technical software systems.
Produce technical and user documentation, perform training and system orientation, and consult with related development teams throughout the software development life cycle.
Develop and implement databases to store raw data collection, Multi-INT fusion products necessary to support dissemination to the end user.
Leverage knowledge of terrestrial and space surveillance methodologies, sensor technologies and capabilities to envision new modes of operation via an evolutionary development process.
Design enterprise computing and architecture for ground-based analysis systems, to include system information modeling and database design.
Incorporate system architecture using enterprise design, business process modeling (BPM), workflow implementation, and web-based/semantics-based development methodologies.

Benefits

Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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