2 days ago
Base Salary
$131k - $237k/yr
Responsibilities
- Analyze system requirements and develop system architectures, design documentation, and technical specifications for large-scale enterprise environments.
- Create configuration documentation covering capacity planning, performance modeling, risk assessments, and analysis of alternatives.
- Provide database engineering leadership for large distributed systems, including design, integration, scalability, and reliability.
- Design, install, upgrade, patch, administer, and optimize relational database environments and database objects.
- Monitor performance, resolve bottlenecks, validate backups, and document disaster recovery strategies.
- Collaborate with integration engineers, testers, information assurance engineers, and technical managers across the system development lifecycle.
- Forecast database needs, advise development teams, prepare progress reports, and contribute to program increment planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with at least 12 years of related experience, or a master's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience; equivalent work experience may substitute for a degree.
- At least 10 years of experience supporting programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- At least 8 years of professional database administration experience and experience developing database architectures.
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and administering highly available relational databases, including functions, stored procedures, and triggers, using Oracle, PostgreSQL, or comparable enterprise technologies.
- Experience with data modeling, performance tuning, clustering, replication, load balancing, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery in production environments.
- Experience supporting database workloads in Kubernetes and AWS, Azure, or hybrid-cloud environments.
- Experience supporting development efforts throughout the development lifecycle and participating in Agile Scrum activities.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance, eligibility to obtain TS/SCI clearance, and a DoD 8570-approved security certification such as Security+; certification is required within 90 days after hire.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with security integration in continuous integration environments, web services or service-oriented architectures, cloud database services, containerized database platforms, and administration or operations roles.
Benefits
- Paid time off and 11 paid holidays.
- 401(k) with a 6% company match and immediate vesting.
- Flexible schedules, discounted stock purchase plans, technical upskilling, education and training support, and paid parental leave.
- The stated pay range is $131,300.00-$237,350.00 per year.
- The posting anticipates remaining open for at least three days, with a close date no earlier than three days after October 23, 2026.
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About Leidos
Leidos builds and operates technology and engineering solutions for defense, intelligence, civil, and health agencies, including systems integration, cyber, enterprise IT, sensors, and healthcare IT. It primarily sells through government contracts and long-term programs, plus managed services and mission software. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos is a Fortune 500 public company on the NYSE; customers include U.S. defense and intelligence agencies and civil bodies such as the FAA.