AWS Database Architect / Engineer - Active TS/SCI Required

Job Description

Job Description

Junior/Mid AWS Database Architect / Database Engineer – TS/SCI Required

Location: Washington, DC
Work Arrangement: 100% onsite
Clearance Required: Active Top Secret / SCI
Employment Type: Full-time

Position Overview

We are seeking a Junior/Mid AWS Database Architect / Database Engineer to support database operations, modernization, migration, and cloud support activities in a secure federal environment.

This role is intended for a junior to mid-level database professional with hands-on database administration, database engineering, or cloud-hosted database experience. The selected candidate should be able to support database implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, migration support, and secure operations, while growing into broader AWS database architecture responsibilities.

This is a good opportunity for a cleared database professional who has a solid technical foundation and wants to continue developing within AWS cloud database environments supporting mission-critical federal systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Support database administration, engineering, and operational tasks in AWS or hybrid cloud environments.
• Assist with implementation and maintenance of AWS database services such as RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, and AWS Database Migration Service .
• Support database migration activities from on-premises systems to AWS or other cloud environments.
• Assist with schema review, data modeling, indexing, query tuning, and database performance troubleshooting.
• Support backup, recovery, replication, availability, and disaster recovery activities.
• Help maintain database documentation, diagrams, SOPs, migration notes, and technical procedures.
• Work with cloud engineers, application teams, security personnel, and government stakeholders.
• Support database security activities such as access control, encryption, auditing, and least-privilege permissions.
• Assist with compliance-related activities aligned to federal security standards.
• Troubleshoot database connectivity, storage, performance, access, and availability issues.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret / SCI clearance.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Washington, DC .
• 2+ years of database administration, database engineering, data engineering, or related technical experience.
• Experience with at least one relational database platform, such as:
• • SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Oracle
• Familiarity with AWS or cloud-hosted database environments.
• Basic understanding of database backup, recovery, performance tuning, indexing, and access controls.
• Ability to write, troubleshoot, or interpret SQL queries.
• Ability to document technical processes and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in a secure, federal, DoD, Intelligence Community, or similarly regulated environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS database services such as:
• • Amazon RDS
  • Aurora
  • DynamoDB
  • Redshift
  • AWS Database Migration Service
• Experience supporting on-premises to cloud database migration efforts.
• Experience with scripting or automation using SQL, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Terraform.
• Exposure to high availability, replication, disaster recovery, or backup/recovery planning.
• Familiarity with database security, encryption, IAM, KMS, auditing, or least-privilege access.
• Exposure to RMF, NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, DISA STIGs, ATO support, or similar federal compliance requirements.
• AWS Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Database Specialty, Security+, or related certification.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a cleared junior-to-mid database professional who has practical database experience, some exposure to AWS or cloud-hosted databases, and the ability to support day-to-day database operations, migration tasks, troubleshooting, documentation, and secure cloud database activities.

This role does not require a senior enterprise architect, but the candidate should be comfortable working in a technical environment and growing into broader cloud database responsibilities.

Tenacity Solutions, LLC is a Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified 8(a) firm delivering high-impact solutions to federal and state government clients. We operate in complex, mission-critical environments and provide reliable, data-informed execution that keeps operations running and improving. From secure IT environments and network operations to data-driven decision support and critical operational services, Tenacity brings the discipline, speed, and precision required to perform in high-pressure settings. Whether enabling mission continuity, improving system performance, or streamlining workforce operations, our focus is always on outcomes that matter, executed with accountability, adaptability, and purpose.

Company Description

Tenacity Solutions, LLC is a Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and SBA-certified 8(a) firm delivering high-impact solutions to federal and state government clients. We operate in complex, mission-critical environments and provide reliable, data-informed execution that keeps operations running and improving. From secure IT environments and network operations to data-driven decision support and critical operational services, Tenacity brings the discipline, speed, and precision required to perform in high-pressure settings. Whether enabling mission continuity, improving system performance, or streamlining workforce operations, our focus is always on outcomes that matter, executed with accountability, adaptability, and purpose.