Database Engineer II: Cloud‑Driven, High‑Performance Systems

Columbia Technology Partners; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Career growth stipend

Life and AD&D Insurance

Job summary

Columbia Technology Partners is seeking a Database Engineer 2 to design, develop, implement, and optimize mission-critical database systems in a security-conscious enterprise environment. You will support architecture, storage, and performance while contributing across the database lifecycle from requirements to deployment.

The role emphasizes scalable data models, system collaboration, and continuous improvement within a regulated defense-oriented setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and five (5) years of experience as a Database Engineer or equivalent.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining relational and/or object‑oriented database solutions.
• Experience developing database schemas, queries, scripts, and data manipulation solutions for enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting database architecture, performance optimization, and data storage/retrieval requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain database systems supporting data storage, retrieval, flow, and analysis requirements.
• Develop and optimize database structures, schemas, queries, scripts, macros, and data loading solutions to support operational and business needs.
• Support and lead database development efforts, including database parser software and database loading software.
• Analyze system requirements and recommend database improvements, optimization strategies, and maintenance activities.
• Translate customer and system requirements into scalable database architectures and data models.
• Develop database solutions balancing data volume, user demand, distribution, performance, retention, security, and domain controls.
• Support short- and long-term database administration and design planning.
• Collaborate with system engineers, developers, and stakeholders throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Database design

Relational databases

SQL scripting

Performance optimization

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Columbia Technology Partners is seeking a Database Engineer 2 to design, develop, implement, and optimize mission-critical database systems in a security-conscious enterprise environment. You will support architecture, storage, and performance while contributing across the database lifecycle from requirements to deployment.

The role emphasizes scalable data models, system collaboration, and continuous improvement within a regulated defense-oriented setting.