Senior Database Engineer — Oracle & Distributed Data Systems (Cleared)

Fruition Executive Search • Aurora, CO

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About The Position

The Senior Database Engineer will serve as a database engineering voice on a mission-critical, geographically distributed system supporting the Intelligence Community, where interface, performance, and security tolerances are tight. The role owns relational and non-relational data architecture, including design, implementation, and documentation, and engineers data movement across distributed nodes, concurrent access, failover, and high availability.

The engineer performs database tuning, capacity and performance planning, investigates issues through resolution, and handles backup, recovery, and user administration. The role also translates schemas by turning requirements and raw data into usable structures using ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros. Additional work includes requirements analysis, risk assessment, alternatives analysis for system-level problems, and defining long- and short-term database administration and design requirements.

Embedded in an Agile team, the engineer interfaces with systems, software, test, and information assurance engineers; contributes to Program Increment Planning; and collaborates daily with technical peers and customer points of contact. Some travel to Maryland is required for quarterly planning if the employee is not local.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph through the Maryland customer; last polygraph within six years. No CCAs.
• At least 10 years of experience as a DBA on programs of similar scope.
• Strong Oracle SQL/PLSQL and general SQL skills.
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL database engines, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra.
• Scripting experience with Python, Perl, Bash/Linux shell, and/or JavaScript.
• Java as a language baseline.
• A technical bachelor's degree, or four additional years of DBA experience in lieu of the degree.
• Some travel to Maryland for quarterly planning if not local.

Nice To Haves

• SAFe methodology or Agile team experience.
• Cassandra experience.
• MongoDB experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and document relational and non-relational data architecture.
• Engineer data replication across distributed nodes, concurrent access, failover, and high availability.
• Tune databases, plan capacity and performance, and investigate issues through resolution.
• Perform backup, recovery, and user administration.
• Translate requirements and raw data into usable structures through ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros.
• Conduct requirements analysis, risk assessment, and alternatives analysis for system-level problems.
• Define long- and short-term database administration and design requirements.
• Work within an Agile team, interface with systems, software, test, and information assurance engineers, contribute to Program Increment Planning, and collaborate with technical peers and customer POCs.

Benefits

• Three weeks of paid time off.
• 10 or more paid holidays.
• Medical coverage.
• Dental coverage.
• Short-term disability (STD).
• Long-term disability (LTD).
• Life insurance.
• AD&D insurance.
• 401(k) with up to 4% match.
• End-of-year profit sharing.

What This Job Offers

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