Database Engineer at SAIC

, Texas, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 May, 26

Salary

135000.0

Posted On

25 Feb, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Database Administration, Performance Optimization, Data Modeling, AWS RDS, EC2, Query Optimization, Indexing, Schema Design, Troubleshooting, Reliability, Availability, Security+, CASP+, CISSP, Data Integrity, Monitoring

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Description

Seeking a Database Engineer with strong experience supporting enterprise-scale, cloud-hosted databases, primarily within AWS environments. This role focuses on database administration, performance optimization, data modeling, and operational reliability, ensuring high availability and efficiency for mission-critical systems. Target salary is $130-135k. (Please note this position is funded through March 2026 and most likely will push through June 2026). Primary Focus Areas Administer and optimize AWS-hosted databases. Design and maintain efficient, scalable data models. Monitor and tune database performance. Troubleshoot data integrity and system issues. Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of enterprise data platforms. Key Responsibilities Manage enterprise databases hosted on AWS RDS and EC2. Perform database performance tuning (query optimization, indexing, configuration). Design and optimize schemas, tables, indexes, and views. Identify and resolve data inconsistencies and database-related issues. Support database reliability, scalability, and operational health. Monitor database performance using metrics and monitoring tools. US Citizen and active Secret Clearance. Core Technical Skills Certification: 8570 certification in IAT Level II certification or above (Security+ CE, CASP+ CE, CISSP, etc.) Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, EC2-hosted databases). Database Administration: Backup/recovery, configuration, tuning. Performance Optimization: Query tuning, index management, execution plan analysis. Data Design: Schema and relational data modeling. Monitoring: Performance metrics, alerting, and health dashboards. Bachelor's and nine (9) or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree. Problem Solving & Reliability Strong troubleshooting skills for data integrity and performance issues. Ability to quickly diagnose root causes of database incidents. Experience maintaining uptime and system stability in production environments. Preferred Database Administrator (DBA) transitioning into a cloud-focused engineer role. Backend or platform engineer with deep database tuning experience. Cloud engineer with strong RDS and data performance background. Engineers supporting high-volume or mission-critical systems. Experience with automation or infrastructure-as-code around databases. Exposure to multi-environment (dev/test/prod) database support. Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.

Responsibilities

This role involves administering and optimizing enterprise-scale, cloud-hosted databases primarily within AWS environments, focusing on database administration, performance tuning, and data modeling. Key duties include managing RDS and EC2 instances, resolving data issues, and ensuring the high availability and operational health of critical data platforms.