Senior Database Engineer

Job Title: Senior Database Engineer

Clearance: TS/SCI, CI poly

Location: Herndon, VA

Job-Type: Full-Time, 100% onsite

Target Salary Range*: $190,000 - $220,000.

Salary

Note:

This represents the potential salary range for this position depending on education level, years of experience and/or certifications in addition to other position specific requirements which may impact salary.

Seeking an experienced Database Engineer to join our team supporting the U.S. Intelligence Community. The Database Engineer – Mid Level will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:

• Design, develop, build, analyze, evaluate, and install database management systems to include database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation and configuration management.
• Use data mapping, data mining and data transformational analysis tools to design and develop databases.
• Determines data storage and optimum storage requirements.
• Prepare system requirements, source analysis and process analyses and design throughout the database implementation.
• Evaluate, size, and select technology components, such as software, hardware, and networking capabilities, for database management systems and application databases.
• Write and tune SQL queries for performance and scalability.
• Implement comprehensive backup and database replication solutions.

• A Bachelor’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 8+ years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree in an area applicable to the position with 6 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience maybe considered in lieu of a degree requirement.
• Active TS/SCI or SCI eligibility and active polygraph or ability to obtain a polygraph.
• Security+ or other IAT II/III level certification that is currently active (DoD 8570 compliance).
• Postgre
  
  SQL.
• PL/pgSQL, PL/SQL or SQL.
• Database design and implementation (tables, indices, triggers, stored procedures).
• Strong troubleshooting skills (performance analysis/improvements).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, Agile environment.
• Full-time work in a SCIF is required, but hours are flexible.
• Some travel.

• Understanding of or experience implementing Row Level Security and/or cross domain systems.
• Jenkins, Git, Artifactory, CI/CD pipelines.
• App Dynamics.
• Experience with data migrations (Oracle to Postgres) and DB upgrades.
• Automated testing (Selenium, Robot Framework).
• AWS experience (RDS).
• STIG hardening.
• Scrum master or team lead.