IT Specialist (Database Platform Engineer)

Office of Personnel Management • Macon, GA

12h • Onsite

About The Position

As an IT Specialist (Database Platform Engineer) at the GS-2210-13, you will be part of the Ofc of the Chief Information Officer at the Office of Personnel Management. If selected, you will design and engineer enterprise database and data-platform solutions across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, including the data architectures supporting OPM's AI and machine-learning initiatives. You will develop and maintain database platform technical designs, patterns, and engineering approaches for complex mission-critical systems, consistent with enterprise architectural direction. You will design database solutions using relational, non-relational, distributed, and cloud-native technologies, including approaches for resiliency, replication, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, encryption, and access management. You will develop proposed reusable database reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards, and provide architectural guidance for modernization and migration of legacy environments to cloud-native database services. You will design and engineer assigned data systems supporting AI and machine-learning capabilities, including vector and embedding stores, feature stores, retrieval-augmented generation and LLM data pipelines, and training and inference data flows. You will evaluate emerging database technologies and data-platform services, contribute to modernization roadmaps, and provide architectural analysis and recommendations to OCIO technology governance and engineering reviews. You will provide advanced technical advice to OCIO organizations and program offices, work with architects, engineers, and cybersecurity personnel to resolve issues spanning multiple technology domains, and mentor database administrators and engineers.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
• Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required
• You will be required to report to an OPM assigned office.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, or equivalent, performing information technology database platform engineering work that includes: Designing database solutions using relational, non-relational, distributed, or cloud-native technologies, including approaches for resiliency, replication, backup and recovery, encryption, or identity and access management; and Developing proposed database reference architectures, design patterns, engineering standards, or technical implementation guidance for enterprise systems; and Providing architectural guidance or support for the modernization or migration of legacy database environments to modern database platforms or cloud-native database services; and Designing or developing data architectures or platform components supporting artificial intelligence or machine-learning systems (such as vector or embedding stores, feature stores, retrieval-augmented generation or large language model data pipelines, or training and inference data flows); and Evaluating emerging database or data-platform technologies and communicating architectural recommendations, risks, and alternatives to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Attention to Detail (Level 4, Advanced)
• Customer Service (Level 4, Advanced)
• Decision Making (Level 3, Intermediate)
• Information Management (Level 4, Advanced)
• Interpersonal Skills (Level 4, Advanced)
• Oral Communication (Level 3, Intermediate)
• Problem Solving (Level 4, Advanced)
• Teamwork (Level 4, Advanced)
• Technical Competence (Level 4, Advanced)

Nice To Haves

• Appropriate licensure, registration, or certification (Examples include: Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, AWS Certified Database - Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Databricks or Snowflake certifications, CompTIA Security+, ITIL, or other database, data platform, cloud, cybersecurity, or enterprise IT certification).
• A substantial record of experience, achievement, and publications that demonstrates eminence in the appropriate profession/technical field. You must provide examples such as published works, industry keynotes, peer research, awards, board memberships, etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain database platform technical designs, patterns, and engineering approaches for complex mission-critical systems across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, consistent with enterprise architectural direction.
• Design database solutions using relational, non-relational, distributed, and cloud-native technologies, including approaches for resiliency, replication, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, encryption, and access management.
• Develop proposed reusable database reference architectures, design patterns, and engineering standards, and provide architectural guidance for modernization and migration of legacy environments to cloud-native database services.
• Design and engineer assigned data systems supporting AI and machine-learning capabilities, including vector and embedding stores, feature stores, retrieval-augmented generation and LLM data pipelines, and training and inference data flows.
• Evaluate emerging database technologies and data-platform services, contribute to modernization roadmaps, and provide architectural analysis and recommendations to OCIO technology governance and engineering reviews.
• Provide advanced technical advice to OCIO organizations and program offices, work with architects, engineers, and cybersecurity personnel to resolve issues spanning multiple technology domains, and mentor database administrators and engineers.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed