Database Engineer

Excelity • Herndon, VA

20h

About The Position

Excelity is seeking a Database Engineer for a project responsible for building
the next generation Mission Integration Systems for an exciting Government
customer with a very critical mission. The candidate will work with the
engineering team and customer to ensure successful development of high profile,
complex, technical deliverables that are core to the continued success of our
award-winning projects.

The candidate
will work within a Production Operations team supporting data
management processes, database engineering and management, deploying,
maintaining, tuning, and enhancing database systems

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 3+ years of relevant experience OR A PhD with 4 years of relevant experience
• Experience with Postgres, SQL, and database performance tuning
• Experience installing application software in an operational environment
• Experience with Agile, AWS, RDBMS technology, Elasticsearch, Linux
• DoD IAT Level II certification
• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a poly

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with NoSQL technology (Hadoop and/or EMR)
• Familiarity with Graph database technology
• Data modeling experience

Responsibilities

• Database engineering and management activities associated with high volume, multi-format data management services
• Maintains large-scale data management solutions including developing efficient storage, indexing, and access approaches
• Updates data enterprise architecture models (if needed) and data abstraction layer to enable access to new data sources
• Designs and implements indexing strategies for ingested data.
• Developing a strategy for continuous performance tuning of databases

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedule
• 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long and Short-term disability coverage
• Generous paid vacation and holiday time
• Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions
• Reimbursement for professional and training development
• Company-paid memberships to professional organizations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level