Senior Database Engineer & Data Platform Lead

Navy Federal Credit Union; Winchester (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a Data Engineer to administer and optimize enterprise database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, PostgreSQL). You will handle upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, and HA/DR, while partnering with cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver resilient DB services across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

The role emphasizes automation, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to support business objectives and technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Experience administering and supporting enterprise database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, PostgreSQL).
• Experience with upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, and lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of Linux and database infrastructure administration.
• Experience with scripting/automation tools (Python, Shell, Ansible).
• Understanding of replication, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience in cloud, containerized, or hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL ecosystem tools (EDB, CloudNativePG, OpenShift, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, and PostgreSQL environments.
• Perform upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Monitor and optimize performance, availability, capacity, and reliability.
• Design and implement automation to reduce manual tasks.
• Support backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, platform, and application teams.
• Develop and maintain database standards and documentation.
• Support deployments across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Participate in on-call rotations as required.

Skills

Database administration

Upgrades & migrations

Linux administration

Scripting & automation

Backup/DR/HA concepts

Cloud/container/hybrid infra

PostgreSQL ecosystem tools

Analytical and troubleshooting

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

MySQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

PostgreSQL

OpenShift

Kubernetes

EDB

CloudNativePG

Job description

Navy Federal Credit Union is seeking a Data Engineer to administer and optimize enterprise database platforms (MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, PostgreSQL). You will handle upgrades, migrations, performance tuning, and HA/DR, while partnering with cloud, infrastructure, and application teams to deliver resilient DB services across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.

The role emphasizes automation, documentation, and cross-team collaboration to support business objectives and technology