Database Engineer

KBR•Beavercreek, OH

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

KBR is seeking a motivated and technically capable Database Engineer to support the development, deployment, and sustainment of the GEMSTONE platform. The Database Engineer will support the design, implementation, administration, automation, and optimization of mission-critical data services that enable platform operations, user applications, digital engineering workflows, analytics, warfighter AI/ML capabilities, and cross-organizational data sharing. The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, platform engineers, DevSecOps engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and government stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and performant data management solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or 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
FoundationDB, CockroachDB, TiKV, or YugabyteDB
Experience with Distributed Consensus and Replication.
Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries.
Experience 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 how databases play a role.
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
High-availability database architectures
Exposure to DevSecOps practices and CI/CD tools.
Familiarity with digital engineering, MBSE, M&S, 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 supporting GEMSTONE platform services and applications across multiple versions.
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 implementation of 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 requirements 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 of solutions across cloud, hybrid, and potentially disconnected operational environments.