Senior DB Architect – DoD Security-Cleared, Cloud & HA

Leidos; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

11 paid holidays

401K with company match

Job summary

Leidos seeks a Sr. Database Engineer in the Cyber & Analytics Business Area to lead database architecture and security-focused system design for large, distributed environments.

You will collaborate with Agile teams to deliver robust, scalable database solutions, implement high-availability structures, and guide development through the full lifecycle while maintaining stringent DoD security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering or related field with extensive experience (12+ years) or a Master’s with 10+ years of relevant work.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance with potential for TS/SCI in future.
• 10+ years in database administration or similar roles.
• 8+ years in developing database architectures.
• Hands-on in designing and administering highly available relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and related objects.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements to develop system architecture and technical specs for large-scale enterprise environments.
• Create configuration docs including capacity planning and performance modeling.
• Provide database engineering leadership for distributed systems.
• Collaborate with Agile teams across engineering and management for end-to-end delivery.
• Design and administer databases with secure, normalized schemas.
• Implement and maintain database environments (installations, upgrades, patches, objects) and perform performance tuning.
• Ensure system reliability through monitoring, backups, and disaster recovery planning.
• Forecast future database needs and support program Increment planning.

Skills

Security clearance

Database design

System architecture

Agile Scrum

Leadership

Communication

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering

M.S. preferred

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Leidos seeks a Sr. Database Engineer in the Cyber & Analytics Business Area to lead database architecture and security-focused system design for large, distributed environments.

You will collaborate with Agile teams to deliver robust, scalable database solutions, implement high-availability structures, and guide development through the full lifecycle while maintaining stringent DoD security standards.