Mission-Critical PostgreSQL Engineer for Secure, Scalable DB

Vantor; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to support architecture, optimization, and operations of PostgreSQL databases for a large-scale U.S. Government analytics platform.

You will ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and security while collaborating with software engineers, data engineers, DevSecOps, and system administrators in a secure, cloud-enabled environment. Required: US citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance (CI Poly preferred).

Qualifications

• US citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance are mandatory for consideration.
• Minimum 14+ years of relevant technical experience across databases, infrastructure, systems, or data engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years of PostgreSQL administration and engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain PostgreSQL environments for mission-critical applications.
• Optimize performance with tuning, indexing, partitioning, and capacity planning.
• Implement high availability, replication, backup, DR, and monitoring solutions.
• Develop database automation using scripting and IaC tools.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps, data engineers, and system admins to support tools.

Skills

US citizenship

TS/SCI clearance

CI Poly willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Linux

Bash

Python

Kubernetes

Docker

Ansible

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to support architecture, optimization, and operations of PostgreSQL databases for a large-scale U.S. Government analytics platform.

You will ensure high availability, performance, scalability, and security while collaborating with software engineers, data engineers, DevSecOps, and system administrators in a secure, cloud-enabled environment. Required: US citizenship and active TS/SCI clearance (CI Poly preferred).