Senior Database Engineer - Legacy VAX/OpenVMS Systems

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Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (onsite, secure lab)

Active DoW Secret clearance or higher required

Full-time, exempt

Agile Decision Sciences is seeking a Database Engineer to support the RSCCE system for the CECOM Army Software Innovation Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground. RSCCE is a long-lived, mission-critical system running on legacy Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VAX/OpenVMS platforms.

You will own the design, integrity and performance of the RSCCE data layer and serve as a senior software lead on the RSCCE team, alongside the Cyber Engineer and Front End GUI Engineer.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain and tune RSCCE databases, keeping data accurate, available and performant.
• Formulate and analyze software and data requirements with system users and the Government project lead.
• Create scalable database structures that are maintainable and extensible for future data needs.
• Assist the System Engineers in tradeoff analysis of technologies and approaches, including options to modernize or migrate legacy data stores.
• Develop interfaces between the database, application services and operator GUI, with test tools that maximize automation.
• Analyze, test, troubleshoot, patch and install database software; resolve defects and identify root causes.
• Plan and perform data migration, backup and recovery, and server replacement activities.
• Implement changes through RFCs and the CECOM SEC Change Advisory Board (CAB) process; support testing and integration.
• Document software and database designs and prepare deliverables (Technical Reports, Test Plans/Reports, Software Version Descriptions, ECPs, Deployment Plans).
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to other RSCCE engineers.

Required Qualifications

• At least 12 years within the last 15 years designing, developing and testing applications, including GUI, services and database tiers.
• Experience formulating and analyzing software requirements, and assisting system engineers with tradeoff analysis of technologies and approaches.
• Experience developing interfaces and test tools, with an emphasis on automation.
• Experience creating scalable, maintainable and extensible databases, and supporting testing and integration of applications and databases.
• Experience documenting software and database design and associated tools.
• Database administration and engineering on legacy platforms, including DEC VAX and OpenVMS.
• Proficiency in SQL and relational database design.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline or or 4+ additional years of equivalent professional work experience.
• Active DoW Secret security clearance or higher. Candidates without a minimum of a Secret clearance will not be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with Fortran 77 applications and their data interfaces.
• Experience migrating legacy VAX/OpenVMS data stores to modern relational platforms (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL).
• Experience supporting satellite control, SATCOM or other real-time command-and-control systems.
• Familiarity with RMF, eMASS and DISA database STIGs. ## Work Environment
• Work is performed onsite at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, in a secure Government lab.
• Occasional CONUS travel may be required.
• Must be able to work in an environment that handles classified information and follow all AT/INFOSEC/OPSEC requirements.

We invest in the lives of our employees, both in and out of the workplace, by providing competitive pay and benefits packages. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law. The salary offered will depend on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, education, geographic location, internal equity, business needs, and other factors permitted by law. Posted pay ranges are a general guideline only and are not a guarantee of compensation or salary.

EEO Statement

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