Database Engineer, Associate

Peraton is hiring a Database Engineer, Associate to support critical missions within it's Risk Decision Group.

This is a 100% Remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in building and maintaining database management systems, including modeling and design.

• Support relational database architecture and configuration management efforts.

• Utilize data mapping, mining, and transformation tools to help develop and refine databases.

• Help determine optimal data storage solutions to ensure efficient and scalable pipelines.

• Assist in designing and maintaining data pipelines for automated collection and transformation.

• Work closely with team members to analyze sources, prepare system requirements, and optimize database implementations.

• Gain experience in evaluating software, hardware, and networking components for database systems.

• Write and optimize SQL queries under guidance to ensure performance and scalability.

• Participate in implementing backup and database replication solutions.

• Support data collection, management, and transformation to improve usability.

• Learn and apply best practices for data extraction and transformation in predictive modeling.

• Assist in developing data validation methods and analysis tools for business needs.

• Help optimize data delivery processes and infrastructure for stability and efficiency.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to address data-related challenges and ensure accuracy.

Required Qualifications:

• US. Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance
• A bachelor’s degree, or 4 years work experience with no degree
• Possesses knowledge and experience of advanced analytics and data storage.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure to build scalable and cost-effective data solutions.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) is crucial.
• Experience with SQL querying language and the Microsoft SQL Server ecosystem.
• Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) Ticketing, including ability to read and understand requirements and independently execute steps to complete requirements.
• Basic knowledgeof Extract, Transform, Load tools and processes.
• Experience in data modeling, schema design, and normalization techniques.
• Ability to collaborate with team members to address data-related challenges.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Polished oral and written communication skills sufficient to compose, tailor, and deliver original presentations and papers on abstract concepts.
• Develops and employs strategies to analyze key issues, draw conclusions from data, and recommend viable solutions to address customer mission needs.
• Demonstrated experience in solving problems with structured and unstructured data.
• Strong problem-solving skills to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Proven ability to learn and master new software, technologies, and techniques.

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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.