Mid/Senior Database Engineer/Administrator - Maryland, United States - belaytech

Description

112- Annapolis Junction, MD - Full Time

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 Mid-Level or Senior Database Engineer/Administrator (DBE/DBA) to join our intel team.

The DBE/DBA will join a high-performing agile team using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology to support a large, fast-paced program using Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and test automation tools alongside a full suite of team collaboration tools.

Program execution follows DEVOPS best practices and employs robust development, test, and production environments.

The program provides system engineering, development, test, integration, and operational support to a large, complicated, technical program, and is infusing new technology and adding advanced capabilities while continuing to support an ongoing mission and operational system.

The ideal candidate is needed to provide support to maintain and add new capabilities to a complex system with exacting interface, performance, and security requirements.

The selected candidate will provide database engineering expertise in the following areas:
architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, network design/implementation, testing, and documentation for the system.

She/he will analyze user requirements, system architecture, and system requirements specifications, and will provide database engineering expertise, and develop system architecture and system design documentation.

She/he will support the development of system configuration documentation, including designs for capacity and performance planning.

She/he will perform engineering activities to include risk assessments and analyses of alternatives for a variety of system-related issues and concerns.

The selected candidate will provide solutions to challenging technical problems in distributed data replication, concurrent data access, and high availability.

Mid-Level DBE/DBA:

Candidates should have the following qualifications:
TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline and at least 8 years of related experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

Four (4) years of additional DBA experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.


Candidates are required to have the following skills:
Primary Responsibilities

Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and Oracle Streams replication issues.
Track and respond to reported database issues using tools provided by the customer.
Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools.
Troubleshoot and resolve database problems as reported by the customers or task lead.
Perform database recovery actions.
Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues.
Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.
Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.
Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications.

The selected candidate will 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.

She/he will interface with technical managers, system and software integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.

The selected candidate will be responsible for implementing database engineering practices to ensure the proper degree of engineering rigor is applied to all assigned tasks.

She/he will be responsible for communicating with and effectively collaborating with internal technical professionals on a day-to-day basis, and with POCs from customer organizations when necessary.

The selected individual will actively participate in Program Increment Planning and related Agile team activities

Assigned duties may include:
Supporting database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities.
Supporting the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts.
Supporting the development of long-term and short-term requirements for database administration and design.
Assisting in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.

Translating requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file.

Assisting in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.
Developing requirement recommendations from a project's inception to its conclusion for a particular Business and IT subject matter area (i.e. simple to complex systems).
Developing database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.


Basic Qualifications:

Must have experience as a Database Administrator to include tasks such as data migration, data replication, user administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, issue investigation, issue resolution, and general administration.

Must have a good understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

Must have experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
Must have experience scripting with JavaScript, Bash/Linux shell scripting (in general), Perl, and/or Python.
Must have knowledge of programming languages including Java.
Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking.
Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team.
Experience with Cassandra.
Experience with MongoDB.
Experience with Scaled Agile Framework agile methodology.


Senior DBE/DBA:

Candidates should have the following qualifications:
TS/SCI with polygraph is required.
Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline and at least 10 years of related experience. Additional experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's Degree.

Candidates are required to have the following skills:
Primary Responsibilities

Perform daily database administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of system database and Oracle Streams replication issues.
Track and respond to reported database issues using tools provided by the customer.
Monitor database performance and memory allocations using standard tools.
Troubleshoot and resolve database problems as reported by the customers or task lead.
Perform database recovery actions.
Modify existing database scripts to enhance systems support and create new database scripts for recurring database issues.
Develop and execute SQL queries for routine and ad hoc requests.
Perform system updates and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert (IAVA) patching.
Recommend design and implementation practices that optimize the performance of GOTS/COTS databases and applications.

The selected candidate will 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.

She/he will interface with technical managers, system and software integration engineers, test engineers, information assurance engineers, and other project team members in an Agile environment.

The selected candidate will be responsible for implementing database engineering practices to ensure the proper degree of engineering rigor is applied to all assigned tasks.

She/he will be responsible for communicating with and effectively collaborating with internal technical professionals on a day-to-day basis, and with POCs from customer organizations when necessary.

The selected individual will actively participate in Program Increment Planning and related Agile team activities

Assigned duties may include:
Supporting database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities.
Supporting the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts.
Supporting the development of long-term and short-term requirements for database administration and design.
Assisting in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software.

Translating requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file.

Assisting in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.
Developing requirement recommendations from a project's inception to its conclusion for a particular Business and IT subject matter area (i.e. simple to complex systems).
Developing database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development.


Basic Qualifications:

Must have experience as a Database Administrator to include tasks such as data migration, data replication, user administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, issue investigation, issue resolution, and general administration.

Must have a good understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non-relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB.

Must have experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general.
Must have experience scripting with JavaScript, Bash/Linux shell scripting (in general), Perl, and/or Python.
Must have knowledge of programming languages including Java.
Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking.
Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment.


Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team.
Experience with Cassandra.
Experience with MongoDB.
Experience with Scaled Agile Framework agile methodology.


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)
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
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.

Key words:
Full Clearance, Fort Meade, SDVOSB, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, DoD, full scope

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