Database Engineer, Entry Level

Key Responsibilities

• Providing technical expertise for database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis.
• Developing relational and/or Object-Oriented databases, database parser software, and database loading software.
• Developing a database structure that fits into the overall architecture of the system under development, making trade-offs among data volumes, number of users, logical and physical distribution, response times, retention rules, security, and domain controls.
• Working primarily at the front end of the lifecycle: requirements through system acceptance testing and Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
• Developing requirements from a project’s inception to its conclusion for a particular business and Information Technology (IT) subject matter area (i.e., simple to complex systems).
• Assisting with recommendations for, and analysis and evaluation of systems improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts.
• Translating a set of requirements and data into a usable document by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros; updating existing queries, creating new ones to manipulate data into a master file; and building complex systems using queries, tables, Open Database Connectivity, and database storage and retrieval using Cloud methodologies.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph Clearance
• Experience supporting the database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities.
• Knowledge of the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts.
• Knowledge of development of long and short-term requirements for database administration and design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
• Two years of additional DBE experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.

Work Location(s): Annapolis Junction, MD

Telework/Remote Availability: Currently not authorized