Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Suitability:
Public Trust/Other Required:
NACI (T1)
Job Family:
Database Analysis/Design
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Database Architecture, Database Management, Microsoft SQL Server
Certifications:
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No
Job Description:
We are seeking a Sr Database Engineer to support the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). In this role, you will administer and enhance existing database service offerings to support critical business processes and ongoing scientific research. You will work closely with other innovative and savvy people to collaborate with product owners and engineer new database offerings, using the latest technologies to improve delivery time and reduce operational maintenance.
We’ll want you to think beyond just database services and contribute to other areas of our hosting environment as we focus on continued modernization efforts. We’ll want to hear your opinion. You’ll help automate and streamline our operations and processes and further the adoption of DevOps best practices.
Work Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this role.
How a Database Engineer Will Make an Impact:
- Collaborating with product owners to develop new or modify existing PowerShell scripts to automate database services, such as configuration of new database instances, patching, and upgrades
- Troubleshooting issues that impact services and actively responding to alerts and performance trends
- Responding to service requests, such as complicated product deployment efforts that require coordination to modify data and database hosting configurations
- Joining sprint or ad hoc meetings to discuss requirements for products and brainstorm new technical solutions
- Attending a daily stand-up meeting to report your accomplishments, plans for the day, and any roadblocks you encountered
- Working closely with other Database and System Engineers to enhance the experience for delivering infrastructure services and developing custom products by introducing techniques, such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and containerized or serverless workloads
- Present on best practices, new technologies, and ways you approached and solved challenging technical issues.
What You'll Need to Succeed:
Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
Required Experience: Eight years of related experience
Required Technical Skills:
- Minimum of eight years’ experience with all aspects of Database Administration
- Extensive experience managing, configuring, and patching Microsoft SQL server hosted on Windows systems in a high availability environment
- Minimum of eight years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server
- Minimum of two years of experience with AWS, specifically with relational database services.
- Good understanding of scripting languages, such as PowerShell
- Experience analyzing solutions components, understanding systems integration challenges, and identifying technology gaps in product designs that must be resolved to reach future performance targets and functionality requirements
Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain a NIH Public Trust
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with other relational and graphing databases, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Neo4j
- Experience with programming languages, such as PHP, Python, Perl, and/or Ruby
- Experience migrating on-prem MS SQL servers to AWS
- Developing and hosting AWS database solutions.
- Experience with Datadog database monitoring and performance tuning
- Experience with a variety of technologies to develop, maintain, and deploy infrastructure services, such as continuous deployment and continuous integration services, code repositories, and security vulnerability identification and protection. Example technologies include Ansible, Datadog, Ideara, GitHub, GoCD
Location: This position is remote. However you must be able to commute to the Rockville, MD client site should circumstances change.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
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The likely salary range for this position is $134,597 - $149,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
Less than 10%
Telecommuting Options:
Remote
Work Location:
USA MD Home Office (MDHOME)
Additional Work Locations:
USA DC Home Office (DCHOME), USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.
