TS/SCI w/ Poly: Senior Database Engineer (Hybrid VA)

Leading Path Consulting; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical/dental/vision

Generous PTO

11 paid holidays

6% 401K contribution

Annual training and tuition reimburse

SPOT Award bonuses

Regular team events

Opportunities for professional growth

Job summary

Leading Path Consulting seeks an experienced Database Engineer to serve as SME for relational database technologies across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role focuses on modernization, optimization, and secure, highly available DB platforms in hybrid setups.

You will collaborate with infra, security, data teams and software engineers to design and deploy resilient database solutions, ensuring DR, HA, and compliant operations across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 10 years experience with database technologies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for relational database technologies.
• Document current‑state DB environments and speed up onboarding.
• Develop designs for modernization and optimization aligned with tech vision.
• Lead implementation of enhanced and future‑state DB architectures.
• Design, deploy, secure, and maintain DB platforms across hybrid environments.

Skills

Relational DB expertise

HA/DR design

Performance tuning

Database security/compliance

Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

Cloud migrations (on-prem to cloud)

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SQL Server

Oracle Database

PostgreSQL

MySQL

AWS RDS

Azure SQL Database

Google Cloud SQL

Job description

Leading Path Consulting seeks an experienced Database Engineer to serve as SME for relational database technologies across on‑prem and cloud environments. The role focuses on modernization, optimization, and secure, highly available DB platforms in hybrid setups.

You will collaborate with infra, security, data teams and software engineers to design and deploy resilient database solutions, ensuring DR, HA, and compliant operations across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.