2 months ago
Richmond, VA, USA or New York, NY, USASenior
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.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Exiger
Exiger builds AI- and data-driven software for supply chain, third‑party risk, and compliance management, used by corporations, banks, and government agencies. Its 1Exiger platform provides supplier visibility, risk detection, and due diligence, delivered as SaaS with supporting analytics and advisory services. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Exiger is FedRAMP authorized for U.S. public‑sector use and is majority‑owned by The Carlyle Group.