Database Engineer

Applied Information Sciences; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Information Sciences is seeking a Database Engineer for a remote engagement supporting a large-scale cloud migration program. You will handle database assessment, migration planning, and remediation across SQL Server, Oracle, and PostgreSQL to Azure/AWS, ensuring data integrity and performance.

Role involves collaborating with migration teams and the program's data architect; it is an on-demand, on-remote assignment with enterprise-scale impact.

Qualifications

• US Citizen.
• Minimum five years of database administration or database engineering experience.
• Experience migrating databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL to Azure or AWS.
• Strong skills in performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Experience validating data integrity.
• Works on issues of diverse scope under limited guidance and independently determines the approach to assignments.
• Nice to have: Azure Government or AWS GovCloud experience, cloud certifications, and IaC/tooling familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Assesses databases for migration readiness and compatibility.
• Plans and executes complex database migrations.
• Identifies and remediates compatibility issues.
• Validates data integrity after migration.
• Tunes database performance in target environments.
• Troubleshoots database issues during migration and stabilization.
• Implements authenticated data access controls.
• Recommends database migration approaches to migration teams, collaborating with the program's data architect.

Skills

Database admin

Database engineering

SQL Server

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

Data integrity

Migration to cloud

IaC basics

GitHub usage

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

CloudFormation

GitHub

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Why AIS?

When you join AIS, you're joining a mission-driven team that's passionate about making a difference. You'll work on projects that matter, alongside industry-leading experts, in an environment that fosters innovation, driving client success, and empowering our team to make a lasting impact. As an employee-owned company, we value collaboration, inclusivity, continuous growth, and shared success.

• Employee Ownership : Your contributions directly impact the company's success, and you share in its achievements.
• Continuous Learning : Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture : A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone's voice is valued.
• Mission-Driven Work : Engage in projects that make a meaningful difference for our clients and communities.

What are we looking for?

At AIS, we're looking for more than just skills - we're looking for driven individuals who are passionate about making a difference, eager to grow, and aligned with our core principles.

What you will be doing?

This position is contingent upon contract award. We are currently pursuing a proposal and are seeking qualified candidates to include in our submission and identify candidates for future hiring needs on the program once awarded.

At AIS, we are dedicated to providing our employees with diverse opportunities to grow their careers while supporting a variety of impactful projects. For this position, we are seeking a talented individual to join AIS as a Infrastructure Engineer.

• Core Knowledge & Skills: Manages routing/switching and network security, multi‑OS environments, virtualization (e.g., VMware/Hyper‑V), core cloud services, and release of IaC via pipelines; automates common admin tasks.
• Work & Complexity: Plans and executes upgrades/migrations, configures network devices and services, responds to incidents, monitors performance, and manages resources.
• Quality & Independence: Implements proactive monitoring, produces accurate documentation, improves processes, and works independently within project scope.
• Teamwork & Communication: Partners with peer teams, shares knowledge, coordinates changes, reports progress, and supports/train users.
• Consulting & Engagement: Advises internal teams on solutions and tools, evaluates technologies, recommends optimizations, and coordinates vendor support.

As your initial project assignment, you will support the unique needs of our client as a Database Engineer.

Project Summary

The DBA / Database Engineer provides specialized database and file share support to a large-scale enterprise cloud migration program as applications move from on‑premises data centers to Azure and AWS. The role handles database assessment, migration, compatibility and remediation, integrity, and performance when applications need it. The role is remote.

Engagement Context

The DBA / Database Engineer is part of a shared pool of specialists and is assigned on demand, based on application complexity and migration needs. The role works with migration teams and the program's data architect to resolve database challenges that go beyond the teams' own skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses databases for migration readiness and compatibility.
• Plans and executes complex database migrations.
• Identifies and remediates compatibility issues.
• Validates data integrity after migration.
• Tunes database performance in target environments.
• Troubleshoots database issues during migration and stabilization.
• Implements authenticated data access controls.
• Recommends database migration approaches to migration teams, working with the program's data architect.

Required for This Opportunity

• US Citizen
• Minimum five years of database administration or database engineering experience
• Experience migrating databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL to Azure or AWS
• Strong skills in performance tuning and troubleshooting
• Experience validating data integrity
• Works on issues of diverse scope under limited guidance and independently determines the approach to assignments

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with Azure Government or AWS GovCloud environments
• Azure or AWS database certifications
• Experience with database migration tools such as Azure Database Migration Service or AWS Database Migration Service
• Federal program delivery experience
• Experience with replication and high availability
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation
• Experience using GitHub and GitHub Copilot for source control and AI-assisted development
• Familiarity with AI technologies and their practical use in IT delivery or cloud environments

At AIS, we are committed to offering competitive and fair compensation that reflects the skills, experience, and contributions of each team member.

The targeted base salary range for this role is $90,000-$137,000 per year. Please note that this range is provided as a guideline and the final offer will be bas