Senior PostgreSQL Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize mission-critical PostgreSQL environments across on-premises and cloud deployments.

You will collaborate with DevSecOps and data teams to ensure high availability, performance tuning, backups, and automation using scripting and IaC tools, while adhering to security requirements for clearance-enabled programs.

Qualifications

• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance is mandatory for this position and required for consideration.
• Willing to obtain a CI Poly.
• 14+ years of relevant professional technical experience across database, infrastructure, systems, software, or data engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and maintain PostgreSQL database environments supporting mission-critical applications.
• Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing strategies, partitioning, and capacity planning.
• Implement and maintain high availability, replication, backup, disaster recovery, and database monitoring solutions.
• Develop and maintain database automation using scripting and Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Collaborate with application, data engineering, and DevSecOps teams to ensure deployments support operational tools.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Linux

Python

Scripting

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

PostGIS

TimescaleDB

pg_partman

Job description

Vantor in Herndon, VA is seeking a Senior PostgreSQL Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize mission-critical PostgreSQL environments across on-premises and cloud deployments.

You will collaborate with DevSecOps and data teams to ensure high availability, performance tuning, backups, and automation using scripting and IaC tools, while adhering to security requirements for clearance-enabled programs.