Database Engineer, Senior
- Huntsville, AL
- Permanent
- Full-time
Our client brings bold thinking and a desire to be the best at their work in consulting, analytics, digital solutions, engineering, cyber, and with industries ranging from defense to health to energy to international development.ResponsibilitiesAs a Data Engineer you’ll help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll deploy and develop pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. You will work with and guide a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.Requirements
- Experience using Shell and Python scripting, Terraform, and Ansible for automation
- Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools like Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes for seamless PostgreSQL deployment and management
- Experience in deploying and managing PostgreSQL databases on cloud platforms like AWS
- Knowledge of database design principles, query optimization, index management, integrity checks, statistics, and isolation levels
- Ability to work in a complex enterprise environment and determine the best solution required for business and customer needs
- Ability to manage tasks and projects independently with minimal guidance and direction
- Ability to independently research, design, document, and implement new database services
- Top Secret clearance
- Experience in the implementation of SQL optimization workflow
- Experience in the development or tuning of advanced PostgreSQL monitoring setups, either from scratch or existing components
- Experience with Oracle or SQL Server scalability and performance optimization
- Experience working with logical decoding and replication
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience as a database engineer of a large volume enterprise system or 14+ years of experience as a database engineer of a large volume enterprise system in lieu of a degree
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active Top Secret clearance is required.