Database Engineer
Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions · San Antonio, TX · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteInformation TechnologyFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Design logical and physical database structures that support performance, scalability, and data integrity.
- Tune database performance through indexing, query optimization, and resource configuration.
- Implement backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to protect data availability.
- Manage database security controls, including access management, encryption, and auditing.
- Deploy and maintain high availability solutions such as clustering, replication, and failover configurations.
- Automate routine database administration and monitoring tasks through scripts and tools.
- Integrate databases with ETL pipelines, applications, and data processing frameworks.
- Conduct capacity planning and evaluate emerging database technologies for operational use.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- At least 4 years of database engineering or database administration experience in complex environments.
- Demonstrated experience with database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, and security.
- Experience supporting database integration with data pipelines or application environments.
- Experience with database monitoring, troubleshooting, and lifecycle support.
- Must have an active Security+ certification (or otherwise meet DoD 8140 requirements).
- Active Secret security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud-managed databases such as AWS RDS or Azure SQL.
- Working knowledge of both SQL and NoSQL technologies.
- Certification such as Oracle DBA, Microsoft Azure Database, or AWS Database Specialty.
- Experience supporting federal or government data environments.