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Database Engineer, Public Sector in USA

  • Richmond, VA

Responsibilities

  • Own reference database architecture, including instance design, replication topology, parameter tuning, connection management, and query plan health.
  • Govern schema conventions across programs and build reusable backup, restore, disaster-recovery, and zero-downtime migration tooling.
  • Define database security patterns within FedRAMP boundaries, including encryption, least-privilege access, and audit logging.
  • Partner with Platform Engineering and Data Engineering on shared infrastructure and production-to-analytics integration.
  • Support program teams, provide portfolio-wide database escalation on-call, and discuss data residency, retention, encryption, and access with customers.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of production database engineering at scale with a major relational engine, preferably PostgreSQL or alternatively Aurora, MySQL, or Oracle.
  • Strong query-plan literacy, including the ability to read EXPLAIN ANALYZE without a profiler, and production experience with zero-downtime schema migrations.
  • Production experience with an OLAP or analytics store such as Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, or ClickHouse.
  • Production AWS experience, particularly with RDS or Aurora, plus hands-on experience inside a FedRAMP Moderate or High boundary.
  • Experience creating database patterns, tooling, or standards used by teams beyond one’s own and familiarity with database participation in an ATO continuous-monitoring cycle.
  • Strong customer-facing communication about data residency, retention, and encryption, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
  • Preferred qualifications include row-store and column-store experience, PostgreSQL logical replication, AWS DMS, vector storage, federal-grade database security tooling, PostGIS or other spatial extensions, and IL5, IL6, or JWICS experience.

Benefits

  • Discretionary Time Off with no maximum limit.
  • Industry-leading health, vision, and dental benefits.
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
  • Flexible hybrid or remote work, with travel to customer sites as engagements require.
  • Wellness stipends and dedicated wellness programming.
  • Career development programs with reimbursement for educational certifications.

Exiger

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