Senior Database Engineer with Security Clearance

About the role

The Database Engineer (DE3) provides advanced technical expertise in database design, development, implementation, and long-term maintenance within a mission-critical environment. This role supports the full data lifecycle, including information storage and retrieval, data flow, schema development, performance tuning, and cloud-aligned data operations.

Responsibilities

• Support database design, development, implementation, information storage, retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities.
• Support analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and maintenance efforts.
• Support the development of long- and short-term requirements for database administration and design.
• Affiliate in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.
• Translate requirements and data into usable schemas by creating or updating ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros.
• Affiliate in developing database structures that fit within the overall system architecture.
• Lead the development of database structures aligned to system architecture.
• Lead the development of databases, database parser software, and database loading tools.
• Develop requirement recommendations from project inception through completion for business and IT subject areas.
• Develop database structures that balance data volume, user load, distribution, response times, retention rules, and security/domain constraints.
• Direct fulfillment of requirements from project inception to project completion.
• Direct the organization of requirements and data into schemas, including ad hoc queries, scripts, and macro development.
• Direct development of complex systems using queries, tables, ODBC, and cloud-based storage and retrieval methods.

Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience as a Database Engineer on programs of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (Five additional years of DBE experience may substitute for the degree).
• DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II compliant.

Required Skills

• Extensive experience with installation and patching for Oracle Database, Oracle Enterprise Manager, and Oracle Data Guard
• Strong Linux experience (OS operation, command line, Bash scripting)
• Nice to have: MongoDB experience