Senior Database Engineer — Oracle & Distributed Data Systems (Cleared)

Fruition Executive Search; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks paid time off

10+ paid holidays

Medical/dental coverage

STD/LTD

Life Insurance

401k with up to 4% match

Profit sharing

Job summary

Fruition Executive Search in Alexandria, VA is seeking a senior DBA to own data architecture for a mission-critical, distributed system supporting the Intelligence Community. You will design, implement, and optimize relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring security, performance, and reliability.

Remote work is unlikely; travel to MD may occur. Qualified candidates have 10+ years in DBA roles on similar programs, experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, and strong Java foundations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a DBA on similar-scope programs.
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL engines like PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Strong Java background and fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and document relational and non-relational data architectures.
• Enable data movement at scale with replication and high availability.
• Perform tuning, capacity planning, and issue resolution.
• Handle backup, recovery, and user administration.
• Translate requirements into usable schemas via queries and scripts.
• Analyze requirements and risks for system-level problems.
• Define long- and short-term database needs for admin and design.

Skills

Java

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Performance tuning

Agile/Scrum

Education

Technical bachelor's degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

Full time | Fruition Executive Search | United States

Job Information

Technology

Work Experience 10+ years

200K

City Alexandria

State/Province Virginia

22301

Job Description

The environment:A mission-critical, geographically distributed system serving the Intelligence Community — one where interface, performance, and security tolerances are tight and non-negotiable. You'll be a database engineering voice on a complex program, not a ticket-taker.

What you'll own:

• Relational and non-relational data architecture — design, build, and document
  
• Data movement at scale: replication across distributed nodes, concurrent access, failover and high-availability engineering
  
• Performance work: tuning, capacity and performance planning, issue investigation through resolution
  
• Backup, recovery, and user administration
  
• Schema translation — turning requirements and raw data into usable structures via ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros
  
• Requirements analysis, risk assessment, and alternatives analysis for system-level problems
  
• Long- and short-term database requirements for admin and design
  

Requirements

How you'll work:Embedded in an Agile team, interfacing with systems, software, test, and information assurance engineers. You'll contribute to Program Increment Planning and collaborate daily with technical peers and customer POCs.

Clearance (hard gate):Active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph through the MD customer. Last poly within 6 years. No CCAs.

Experience bar:

• 10+ years as a DBA on similar-scope programs
  
• Exposure to relational and NoSQL engines (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra)
  
• Java as a language baseline
  
• Technical bachelor's, or 4 years additional DBA experience in lieu
  

Nice to have:SAFe methodology or Agile team experience; Cassandra; MongoDB.

Some travel to MD for quarterly planning, if not local.

Comprehensive benefit package that includes 3 weeks paid time off, 10+ Paid Holidays, medical/dental coverage, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, AD&D, 401k with up to 4% match, and end of year profit sharing.

Fruition Executive Search is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.