Data Center Database Engineer

Peraton is seeking an experienced Data Center Database Engineer to join our national intelligence program in Northern Virginia that delivers engineering, application development, deployment, operations, upgrades and sustainment of products and services to achieve our client’s global missions. 

The candidate must have demonstrated database engineering experience. The successful candidate will design and maintain databases, manage storage capacity, troubleshoot and optimize database functionality and performance for our clients’ systems. 

Responsibilities:  

• Design, develop, build, analyze, evaluate, and install database management systems to include database modeling design relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation and configuration management. 

• Utilize data mapping, data mining, and data transformational analysis tools to design and develop database. 

• Determine data storage and optimum storage requirements. 

• Prepare system requirements, source analysis and process analyses, and design throughout the database implementation. 

• Create complex functions, scripts, stored procedures and triggers to support application development. 

• Investigate and resolve database performance and capacity issues. 

• Develop, implement and maintain engineering documentation such as processes, procedures, test cases, test results, issue resolutions, performance analysis, and user guidelines/ instructions. 

• Develop, integrate, and migrate to new databases to include schemas, and stored procedures. 

• Travel: Travel may be required within the National Capital Region (NCR) on an as needed basis for customer or corporate requirements.  

**Position is Contingent on Contract Award** 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Active Top Secret/ Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with ability to pass a counter-intelligence scope (CI) Poly clearances. 

• Minimum of 8 years relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience or PhD with 3 years relevant experience). 

• Strong knowledge in Oracle database development with ETL and data migration to develop data conversion scripts. 

• Strong knowledge of SQL/PLSQL and database concepts. 

• Strong knowledge of all phases of software development lifecycle and processes. 

• Experience with software unit testing. 

• Experience in creating and maintaining engineering documentation. 

• Strong communication, writing, presentation, and organization skills. 

• Strong software trouble-shooting skills. 

• Must work well in a team environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams 

• Self-starter with the ability to independently resolve issues and deliver results 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly clearances. 

• Knowledge in Java/JDK 

• Able to apply engineering techniques and analytical methods to make recommendations for improvements 

• Ability to work effectively in a challenging, fast paced, collaborative team environment. 

SECURITY CLEARANCE:  

This Position requires an Active TS/SCI and the ability to obtain a CI Poly, US Citizenship is required 

 To hold this clearance.  

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.