Senior System Engineer

Belay Technologies; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 168,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid leave

401(k) match

Training stipend

Life insurance

Health coverage

HSA

Dental coverage

Job summary

Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer on a new, high-priority intel project in the Columbia, Maryland area. You will design schemas across OLAP, graph, and document databases, optimize data structures for performance, and collaborate with analytics engineers to support customer missions.

The role focuses on governance, data quality, and cross-team interaction with stakeholders while translating analytical questions into robust database designs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases
• Strong background in schema design, query optimization, and analytics support
• Ability to translate analytical questions into database design solutions
• TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
• 12 yrs, B.S. or 4 additional yrs in place of B.S

Responsibilities

• Design schemas and models in OLAP (Clickhouse), graph (Neo4j), and document (Elastic) databases
• Optimize queries and data structures for performance and scalability
• Work with analytics engineers to shape how data supports customer missions
• Implement governance rules to ensure data quality and compliance

Skills

OLAP DBs

Graph DBs

Document DBs

Schema design

Query optimization

Analytics support

CNO capabilities

Education

BS or 4 years in lieu

TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Tools

Git

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!

Belay Technologies is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to join our intel team. This is a brand new, high-priority project. This team will be responsible for aggregating data sources to create a clear picture of what infrastructure was requested, what infrastructure was deployed, and proactively alert on any discrepancies. The team's application will then be used by subject matter experts to investigate, create, and iterate on best practices and deployment rules. Then, the team will proactively identify and alert when requested or provisioned infrastructure breaks those best practices and rules. This team must interact with many stakeholders from across the organization and iterate as frequently as possible. this role focuses on designing, implementing, and supporting schemas across multiple database technologies to answer specific customer questions about infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design schemas and models in OLAP (Clickhouse), graph (Neo4j), and document (Elastic) databases
• Optimize queries and data structures for performance and scalability.
• Work with analytics engineers to shape how data supports customer missions.
• Implement governance rules to ensure data quality and compliance.
• Skills Requirements: Proven experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases
• Strong background in schema design, query optimization, and analytics support
• Ability to translate analytical questions into database design solutions

Candidates should have the following qualifications:

• TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
• 12 yrs, B.S. or 4 additional yrs in place of B.S
• Proven experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases
• Strong background in schema design, query optimization, and analytics support.
• Ability to translate analytical questions into database design solutions.

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

• Experience analyzing cyber security-related data sets (network traffic, OS events).
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• General software engineering skills (devops, web applications, ETL, etc.)
• Familiarity with Git and GitLab.
• Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence).

Perks and Benefits:

• 8 weeks paid leave - 4 weeks of personal leave, 3 Yay! days, take off on your birthday,11 paid holidays and optional leave up to 6 days through Belay's volunteer program
• 10% matching in 401(k) contributions vested on day one
• $5,000 annual training/tuition
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• 100% company-funded HSA
• Rich medical coverage (100% coinsurance)
• Dental coverage including orthodontia
• Up to $420,000 in life insurance, premiums 100% company funded
• Amazon Prime, gym reimbursement, monthly lunches, games and prizes
• Pet adoption program, generous referral bonus program, fun events, and more!

At Belay, we are committed to creating an environment where you can thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. Several factors influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, education, specific skills and competencies and certifications. Belay offers a competitive total compensation package that includes benefits and perks, a flexible work-life balance, and career development.

Salary Range: $168,000 to $240,000

Belay Technologies is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business located in Columbia, Maryland (Baltimore/Washington area). Belay Technologies specializes in systems automation and full stack development. Belay Technologies provides leading technology and engineering solutions to the DoD, as well as state-of-the-art commercial products. We hire software engineers, web designers, test engineers, systems engineers, systems administrators, database engineers and other tech services. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.