Database Engineer, Senior

Database Engineer, Senior Onsite

Huntsville, AL | 5 Days a Week | Active Top Secret Clearance Required

Our client brings bold thinking and a desire to be the best at their work in consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber, and with industries ranging from defense to health to energy to international development.

Responsibilities:

As a Data Engineer you'll help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You'll deploy and develop pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. You will work with and guide a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You'll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.

Requirements:

Experience using Shell and Python scripting, Terraform, and Ansible for automation

Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools like Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes for seamless PostgreSQL deployment and management

Experience in deploying and managing PostgreSQL databases on cloud platforms like AWS

Knowledge of database design principles, query optimization, index management, integrity checks, statistics, and isolation levels

Ability to work in a complex enterprise environment and determine the best solution required for business and customer needs

Ability to manage tasks and projects independently with minimal guidance and direction

Ability to independently research, design, document, and implement new database services

Top Secret clearance preferred

Requirements:

Experience in the implementation of SQL optimization workflow

Experience in the development or tuning of advanced PostgreSQL monitoring setups, either from scratch or existing components

Experience with Oracle or SQL Server scalability and performance optimization

Experience working with logical decoding and replication

Experience working in an Agile environment

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience as a database engineer of a large volume enterprise system or 14+ years of experience as a database engineer of a large volume enterprise system in lieu of a degree

Clearance Requirements:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active Top Secret clearance is required.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.