Senior Database Engineer — Oracle & Distributed Data Systems (Cleared)
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, replication, concurrent access, failover, and high availability across distributed nodes. The engineer performs performance tuning, capacity and performance planning, and investigation and resolution of issues. Responsibilities also include backup and recovery, user administration, schema translation using ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros, and analysis of requirements, risks, and alternatives for system-level problems. The role addresses both 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 for quarterly planning may be required if 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 engines, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra.
- Scripting experience with Python, Perl, Bash/Linux shell, and/or JavaScript.
- Java as a language baseline.
- Technical bachelor's degree, or four additional years of DBA experience in lieu of the degree.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the SAFe methodology or Agile teams.
- Cassandra experience.
- MongoDB experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and document relational and non-relational data architectures.
- Engineer data movement at scale, including replication across distributed nodes, concurrent access, failover, and high availability.
- Tune database performance; perform capacity and performance planning; and investigate issues through resolution.
- Perform backup, recovery, and user administration.
- Translate requirements and raw data into usable structures using ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros.
- Analyze requirements, risks, and alternatives for system-level problems.
- Address long- and short-term database administration and design requirements.
- Interface with systems, software, test, and information assurance engineers as part of an Agile team.
- Contribute to Program Increment Planning and collaborate daily with technical peers and customer points of contact.
- Travel to Maryland for quarterly planning if not local.
Benefits
- Three weeks of paid time off.
- 10 or more paid holidays.
- Medical coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- Short-term disability coverage.
- Long-term disability coverage.
- Life insurance.
- AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) with up to 4% match.
- End-of-year profit sharing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
