Senior Database Engineer with Poly

BigBear.ai • Hanover, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

BigBear.ai is seeking a Senior Database Engineer to join our team and assist in meeting the needs of our government customer. In this role, you’ll work onsite at the assigned customer location, ensuring optimized database performance and delivering solutions that directly impact national security. If you’re passionate about database management, agile development, and building scalable solutions, we want to hear from you!

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of database experience.
• TS/SCI with Poly (required).
• Proficiency in database technologies such as MongoDB or MariaDB, including: Deployment and management of the database itself. Debugging and resolving optimization issues. Scaling databases to meet performance demands.
• Experience with Django or Flask frameworks.
• Familiarity with REST endpoints and microservices.

Nice To Haves

• Swagger for API documentation.
• Cloud experience with AWS, C2S, or other platforms.
• Containerization tools like Docker.
• Proficiency with IDEs such as Visual Studio Code or similar.
• JSON and/or XML serialization.
• Experience with Jira and Confluence for project management.
• Git version control for collaborative development.
• Agile development methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Monitor databases and related systems to ensure they are running efficiently and effectively.
• Participate in agile activities, including release planning, sprint planning, and retrospectives, to incorporate lessons learned into engineering processes.
• Design local schemas, tables, data types, indexes, procedures, and functions to support mission needs.
• Work closely with developers throughout the application development lifecycle to build features that deliver value to our customers.

What This Job Offers

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