Senior Database Engineer
Job Description
JOB SUMMARY:The Senior Database Engineer will be a technical development team leader within our portfolio of Cybersecurity and Cryptographic Key Management projects. This position requires a candidate who has held a diverse blend of technical leadership roles supporting Government markets and has a track record of successfully executing projects involving enterprise or complex web-based implementations using relational databases. Database technologies vary and may include systems such as Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL and SQLite for mobile applications.
This candidate will oversee areas of database application support for a fast-paced, leading-edge information assurance (IA) development program in an Agile environment, including database design, installation, configuration, performance tuning, backups, troubleshooting, managing DB development tools and leading a database support team. The candidate will contribute creative technical database design and performance guidance in Agile planning sessions, storyboarding and SCRUM reviews.
The candidate will help to grow the business and keep the team's skillsets recent by staying involved with industry working groups that are focused on application security initiatives (e.g. OWASP, CWE, SANS). Must have good customer skills and working knowledge of database security. It is expected that the candidate is able to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment with strong communication and interpersonal skills. Candidate will be a member of an experienced project team.
Position Responsibilities Will Include:
* Analyze user requirements, system architecture, and system requirements specifications, and will provide database engineering expertise and develop system architecture and system design documentation.
* Support the development of system configuration documentation, including designs for capacity and performance planning and will perform engineering activities, including risk assessments and analyses of alternatives for a variety of system related issues and concerns.
* Provide guidance and support for database engineering of large-scale systems, major system elements, and interfacing systems that are part of a large complex network environment with geographically distributed components.
* Interface with technical managers, system and software integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.
* Manage and administer computer databases for large development projects.
* Ensure data requirements have been identified, design is fully normalized, and database complies with industry best practices and security requirements.
* Plan and implement software installations, upgrades, and patches.
* Build instances and database objects including the creation of tables, indexes, views, and stored procedures.
* Monitor database performance to ensure integrity of data and provide tuning of the database for optimal performance.
* Identify need for hardware / software upgrades or replacements.
* Ensure root causes to bottlenecks are identified and implement corrective actions. Ensure databases backups are both scheduled and verified successful.
* Document and implement disaster recovery plans.
* Confers with and advises subordinates on administrative policies and procedures, technical problems, priorities and methods of resolution.
* Consults with and advises development team members and users of the various database applications.
* Provide development design guidance including documentation for database engineering performance, schema, security, testing and deployment.
* Projects long-range requirements for database administration and design in conjunction with other managers in the information systems function.
* Prepares activity and progress reports regarding the database management section.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, color sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, uniform service member status, genetic information, disability, or any other protected status, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. This practice extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms and conditions of employment.
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