Senior DB Engineer & Automation Architect (TS/SCI)

Peraton; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a multi-discipline database engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of database management systems while focusing on automation and operational tooling.

The role combines database engineering, software development, and some systems administration, requiring TS/SCI clearance and strong UNIX/Linux scripting skills. The work is mission-focused and technically challenging.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience patching Linux and Windows systems including OS and application level patches.
• Troubleshoot database replication issues in a master-master replication scheme.
• Deep UNIX/Linux shell scripting and automation.
• Knowledge of enterprise-level, multi-site joint planning systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, build, analyze, evaluate, and install database management systems with modeling and relational architecture.
• Write and tune SQL queries, stored procedures, and triggers for performance and scalability.
• Implement comprehensive backup and database replication solutions.
• Develop, design, and maintain Ansible automation artifacts used to patch and update assets.
• Create shell-script driven tooling to support database management and other operations.

Skills

Unix/Linux shell scripting

Automation

Database management principles

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Ansible

SQL

Job description

Peraton is seeking a multi-discipline database engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of database management systems while focusing on automation and operational tooling.

The role combines database engineering, software development, and some systems administration, requiring TS/SCI clearance and strong UNIX/Linux scripting skills. The work is mission-focused and technically challenging.