Senior Database Engineer — Mission-Critical Data Platforms

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Bonus plan

Subsidized benefits

Job summary

Peraton’s Space & Intelligence Sector seeks a Senior Database Engineer for the Herndon, VA office. You will join a Production Operations team handling data management, database engineering, and tuning of complex systems.

The role requires 8+ years in DB engineering with Postgres/SQL expertise and a TS/SCI with poly preferred. A comprehensive benefits package and bonus plan are included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or higher degrees with fewer years
• Experience with Postgres, SQL, and database performance tuning
• Experience installing application software in an operational environment
• Experience with Agile, AWS, RDBMS tech, Elasticsearch, Linux
• DoD IAT II certification
• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a poly

Responsibilities

• Database engineering and management activities for high volume, multi-format data services
• Maintain large-scale data management solutions with efficient storage, indexing, and access
• Update enterprise data models and data abstraction layers for new data sources
• Design indexing strategies for ingested data
• Develop strategies for continuous database performance tuning

Skills

Postgres

SQL

Performance tuning

Agile

AWS

Elasticsearch

Linux

DoD IAT II

TS/SCI clearance

Poly

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Hadoop/EMR

Graph databases

NoSQL

Job description

Peraton’s Space & Intelligence Sector seeks a Senior Database Engineer for the Herndon, VA office. You will join a Production Operations team handling data management, database engineering, and tuning of complex systems.

The role requires 8+ years in DB engineering with Postgres/SQL expertise and a TS/SCI with poly preferred. A comprehensive benefits package and bonus plan are included.