Database Engineer/Backend Developer

Role Description

Come join our high performing team, supporting an essential government program, with a mission to support law enforcement in solving missing persons cases. We are seeking a seasoned database engineer with a track record of unwavering commitment to maintaining reliable and secure database management systems. We need a data expert who provides a variety of reports and dashboards for the business. The candidate must understand complex data models, maintain them, and develop and implement ways to improve them.

Essential Duties

• Install, upgrade, and maintain databases (servers and instances), indexes, and related processes, including backup and recovery
• Conduct performance tuning of database systems
• Develop automated mechanisms (stored procedures, function, and ad hoc scripts) for monitoring, maintenance and routine tasks
• Perform vulnerability management and continuous optimization of database security
• Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors
• Analyze data to create and manage reports, visualizations, and dashboards
• Understand complex data schemas and create enterprise data models
• Develop and support data integration mechanisms with other systems
• Develop and maintain database and system documentation

Qualifications

• 8+ years of related experience
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Requirements

Technical Experience/Technologies

• Database Administration and Engineering
• Microsoft SQL Server 2019+ (Standalone and Always on Availability Groups instance configurations)
• SQL Server Management Studio
• PowerShell
• ElasticSearch and/or AWS OpenSearch for indices and index management
• Data analysis and documentation (models, dictionaries, flows, statistical reporting, etc.)
• Backend Development/IT Systems Administration
• Windows/IIS server administration
• Patching team-managed server applications, and reviewing and validation enterprise server patching
• Log management and analysis
• Cloud services (AWS preferred): Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
• DevOps – deployment management, configuration management, release coordination, cloud network operations, Agile concepts and frameworks

Personal Attributes

• Has demonstrated experience owning a technical task from discovery to resolution and leading response actions while coordinating with technical and non-technical teams
• Applies good judgement with personal initiative, adopting a “first do no harm” perspective
• Maintains commitment to quality and continuous improvement
• Demonstrates capacity for deep, critical thinking while maintaining an understanding of business needs

Desired Experience and Skills

• Experience using AI tools for heavy data analysis, data normalization efforts, etc.
• Experience preparing data for FOIA request responses
• Power BI or similar business intelligence and visualization tools
• Microsoft .NET/C# web applications development (including MVC and Web APIs)
• Front end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks such as AngularJS/Angular 2+
• Entity Framework code first development workflow
• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Familiarity with Splunk

Benefits

• Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
• Dental plan options
• Vision plan
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
• 15 days of paid leave per calendar year
• 10 paid holidays per year
• GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

Company Description

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.