Database Engineer III with Security Clearance

Black Eagle Defense; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 171,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Eagle Defense seeks a Database Engineer III to support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by modernizing security evaluation processes and delivering scalable database solutions across the project lifecycle.

You will design, implement, and optimize enterprise database architectures, ensure data integrity, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet evolving security and compliance requirements in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable; fifteen (15) years if no degree.
• MongoDB experience including deployment and management.
• Experience in Agile environments and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support database design, development, and data retrieval across complex environments.
• Architect and optimize database structures to balance volume, performance, retention, and security.
• Translate requirements into scalable database schemas with queries, scripts, and data transformations.
• Oversee full database development lifecycle from inception through completion, ensuring alignment with objectives.

Skills

MongoDB

Python

Django/Flask

REST endpoints

Microservice model

Swagger

AWS C2S

Docker

Visual Studio Code

JSON/XML serialization

Jira

Confluence

Git

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Docker

AWS C2S

Visual Studio Code

Jira

Confluence

Git

Swagger

Job description

Job Description SALARY RANGE $171,000 - $228,000/year. DUTIES As a successful candidate for the Database Engineer III role, you will support the Secure the Enterprise initiative by developing capabilities that transition the organization from manual system security evaluation and authorization processes to a modern, automated model, designing and maintaining database solutions that enable streamlined processes, continuous monitoring, and real-time assessment, supporting enterprise-wide data collection across the full lifecycle of a project, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity, optimize performance, and align database architectures with evolving security and compliance requirements. Required Skills SKILLS * Design and develop enterprise-level systems, applications, and solutions supporting cyber systems and networks, with a focus on database-driven architectures

• Lead and support database design, development, implementation, data storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities across complex environments
• Architect and optimize database structures to align with overall system architecture, balancing data volume, user load, distribution, performance, retention, and security requirements
• Translate complex requirements into scalable database schemas through the development of ad hoc queries, scripts, macros, and data transformation processes
• Lead development of databases, database parser software, and data loading solutions, ensuring efficient ingestion and processing of large datasets
• Direct and implement cloud-based database solutions utilizing queries, tables, and Open Database Connectivity for enterprise data systems
• Develop and implement new workflows to replace legacy processes, while supporting break/fix activities and system updates
• Support and lead system improvement initiatives, including optimization, maintenance, and performance tuning efforts
• Define and develop short- and long-term requirements for database administration and design across business and IT domains
• Oversee the full database development lifecycle from project inception through completion, ensuring requirements are organized, fulfilled, and aligned with mission objectives QUALIFICATIONS A bachelor's degree plus Ten (10) years of professional experience is acceptable. Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience are acceptable if the candidate does not possess a degree. Additional Requirements: * Database experience using MongoDB, including deployment and management of the database itself
• Debugging of optimization issues
• Scaling Desired Skills * Python
• Django or Flask
• REST endpoint development
• Microservice model
• Swagger
• AWS C2S or other cloud experience
• Docker
• Visual Studio Code or similar IDEs
• JSON and/or XML serialization
• Jira
• Confluence
• Git version control
• Experience working in an Agile environment