Senior Principal DB Engineer — Performance & Data Systems

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Byte Systems, a VTG subsidiary, seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Database Engineer to support data management, database engineering, deployment, tuning, and enhancement of large-scale database systems. The role is on-site in a production environment with DoD-level security requirements.

Required are Postgres, SQL, DB performance tuning, and DoD IAT II. Preferred NoSQL with Hadoop/EMR and graph DB familiarity. Starting pay range is $180,000–$230,000 annually, with comprehensive on-site benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with Postgres, SQL, and database performance tuning.
• Experience installing application software in an operational environment.
• Experience with Agile, AWS, RDBMS technology, Elasticsearch, Linux.
• DoD IAT Level II certification.

Responsibilities

• Database engineering and management activities for high volume, multi-format data management services.
• Maintains large-scale data management solutions including storage, indexing, and access optimization.
• Updates data enterprise architecture models and data abstraction layer for new data sources.
• Designs and implements indexing strategies for ingested data.
• Develops a strategy for continuous performance tuning of databases.

Skills

Postgres

SQL

Elasticsearch

Linux

AWS

Agile

RDBMS

DoD IAT Level II

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Hadoop

EMR

Graph database

Job description

Byte Systems, a VTG subsidiary, seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Database Engineer to support data management, database engineering, deployment, tuning, and enhancement of large-scale database systems. The role is on-site in a production environment with DoD-level security requirements.

Required are Postgres, SQL, DB performance tuning, and DoD IAT II. Preferred NoSQL with Hadoop/EMR and graph DB familiarity. Starting pay range is $180,000–$230,000 annually, with comprehensive on-site benefits.