Database Engineer (TS/SCI) - Data Architect & Ops

J T; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with Company 
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PTO & Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

J T is seeking an experienced Database Engineer (Level 2) to provide technical expertise in database design, data flow modeling, and large-scale information retrieval at Fort Meade, MD.

The role spans the engineering lifecycle from requirements synthesis through IOC, designing relational and Object-Oriented databases, building parsing/loading tools, and balancing data volumes, latency, and security controls across cloud and on-premises environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline plus at least 5 years of Database Engineering experience on programs of similar scope and complexity, OR
• 10 years of relevant Database Engineering experience without a degree (5 additional years substituting for the degree).
• Proven schema architecture, data modeling, information storage/retrieval, and dataflow optimization.
• Demonstrated capability developing database parsing/loading software and complex SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy relational and Object-Oriented databases that integrate into enterprise architectures.
• Develop custom database parser tools, data ingestion scripts, and automated loading software.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs between data volumes, concurrency, distribution, latency, retention, and security domains.
• Translate complex requirements into optimized database schemas, tables, views, and data pipelines.
• Author and maintain ad-hoc queries, scripts, and master data files.
• Support data storage, ODBC connectivity, and information retrieval in cloud and on-prem environments.
• Formulate requirements for database administration, optimization, performance tuning, and capacity planning.

Skills

Database design

Data modeling

SQL queries

Scripting

Cloud/on-prem architectures

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical discipline

10 years of DB engineering experience without a degree

Tools

Database parser tools

ODBC connectivity

Job description

J T is seeking an experienced Database Engineer (Level 2) to provide technical expertise in database design, data flow modeling, and large-scale information retrieval at Fort Meade, MD.

The role spans the engineering lifecycle from requirements synthesis through IOC, designing relational and Object-Oriented databases, building parsing/loading tools, and balancing data volumes, latency, and security controls across cloud and on-premises environments.