Mission-Critical Database Engineer

Adaptic; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptic is seeking a Database Engineer to design, develop, and optimize data systems used across DoD and Intelligence Community missions in Maryland. You’ll work on relational and NoSQL databases, data pipelines, and performance tuning in a high-stakes environment.

The role spans from requirements through deployment, with collaboration across software engineers, analysts, and system engineers. Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph required.
• Experience with Oracle, MongoDB, or similar relational/NoSQL tech.
• Experience designing queries, scripts, or data pipelines.
• Strong data modeling, storage, and retrieval knowledge.
• Experience with large, distributed datasets and cross-team work.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/DBM or related field (or equivalent experience)

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing database solutions across relational and NoSQL environments to support complex mission systems
• Building and maintaining relational and/or object-oriented databases
• Developing tools for data ingestion, transformation, and storage
• Translating user and system requirements into scalable data architectures
• Optimizing database performance, storage, and retrieval across large datasets
• Supporting data flow, integration, and accessibility across distributed systems
• Creating and refining queries, scripts, and data pipelines to support analysis and operations
• Collaborating with software engineers, analysts, and system engineers to deliver integrated solutions
• Supporting database efforts from initial requirements through testing and deployment
• Contributing to system design decisions, including data modeling, storage strategies, and architecture trade-offs

Skills

Oracle

MongoDB

Relational Databases

NoSQL

Data Modeling

Data Pipelines

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

S3

RDS

Job description

Adaptic is seeking a Database Engineer to design, develop, and optimize data systems used across DoD and Intelligence Community missions in Maryland. You’ll work on relational and NoSQL databases, data pipelines, and performance tuning in a high-stakes environment.

The role spans from requirements through deployment, with collaboration across software engineers, analysts, and system engineers. Active TS/SCI with polygraph is required.