High-Impact SQL Engineer for Mission Dashboards

Leidos Inc; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Retirement plan

Paid leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced SQL Engineer to support a high-visibility, data‑driven application powering analytics across the organization. You will write complex SQL queries, shape data for dashboards, ensure data accuracy, and deliver reliable datasets for mission users.

The team operates out of Gaithersburg, MD, with onsite opportunities in Alexandria, VA and other locations. You will collaborate with dashboard developers and application teams to deliver data for visualizations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science, software engineering, or related field with 4–8 years of experience; or Master's with 2–6 years
• US Citizenship and active TS/SCI with ability to pass a Polygraph
• Strong SQL skills with advanced queries (joins, aggregations, subqueries, window functions)
• Experience with enterprise relational DBs (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.)
• Background in analytics, dashboards, or reporting pipelines
• Comfortable in Linux environments and independent data-centric work
• Preferred: Grafana/Tableau or similar tools; CI/CD experience; Agile environment

Responsibilities

• Write complex SQL queries with joins, aggregations, filtering, subqueries and window functions for dashboards
• Shape data for visualization with clear naming, grouping, and formatting
• Collaborate with dashboard developers to define and deliver required data for visualizations and reports
• Validate data accuracy, consistency, and completeness used in dashboards
• Improve query performance to support responsive dashboards
• Translate dashboard and reporting requirements into effective SQL queries

Skills

SQL

Data engineering

Dashboard development

Education

Bachelor's in computer science or related field

Master's degree optional

Tools

Grafana

Tableau

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Leidos is seeking an experienced SQL Engineer to support a high-visibility, data‑driven application powering analytics across the organization. You will write complex SQL queries, shape data for dashboards, ensure data accuracy, and deliver reliable datasets for mission users.

The team operates out of Gaithersburg, MD, with onsite opportunities in Alexandria, VA and other locations. You will collaborate with dashboard developers and application teams to deliver data for visualizations and