Lead DB Engineer/Administrator (Secret Clearance)
MKS2 Technologies2 days ago
Colorado Springs, CO, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the database team, establish task priorities, address risks, and provide technical authority across the program.
- Design and implement the enterprise Oracle database upgrade, including compatibility analysis, migration strategies, schema changes, data loading, and performance tuning.
- Develop the RHEL migration plan covering kernel compatibility, package updates, system administration, and security hardening.
- Analyze, organize, configure, and improve database systems and infrastructure.
- Support software integration, requirements analysis, architecture, design, coding, testing, performance analysis, and data migration.
- Establish software development standards, coding guidelines, procedures, and best practices.
- Evaluate technologies, tools, and frameworks and advise leadership on modernization and technical strategy.
- Collaborate with program leadership, architects, engineers, cybersecurity teams, and stakeholders to deliver mission-critical solutions.
- Prepare customer documentation and instructions and support troubleshooting of enterprise database and system issues.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience involving enterprise database development, design, debugging, and technology integration.
- Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification and a database certification.
- Strong experience with Oracle database development and Linux, including enterprise database installation, configuration, scripting, development, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with Oracle RMAN, Data Pump, GoldenGate, Oracle Enterprise Manager, RHEL administration, SELinux, systemd, and kernel tuning.
- Experience with Bash, Python, or PowerShell scripting and automation.
- Knowledge of database performance tuning, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery concepts.
- Experience integrating COTS, GOTS, and FOSS hardware and software into existing infrastructures.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Familiarity with Docker and KVM or VMware is preferred.
- Knowledge of Java, VMware Suite, Ansible, storage, networking, cybersecurity, and STIGs is preferred.
- Experience supporting NISSC mission systems or related NORAD-NORTHCOM and air and space missile-warning missions is desirable.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, 529 college savings plan, health savings account, life insurance, and long-term disability coverage.
- Training and development programs, paid time off, and work-life balance support.
- Major offices stocked with snacks and beverages and a collaborative workplace culture.
- Initially based in north Colorado Springs, with occasional future work at Chidlaw and Peterson AFB.
About MKS2 Technologies
Founded in 2008, MKS2 Technologies has helped Federal government customers design, implement and sustain mission-focused IT solutions focusing on cyber security support, enterprise application development, and instructional design and training. MKS2 is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) headquartered in Austin, Texas, with regional offices in Colorado Springs, CO, Monterey, CA, Portland, ME, and Washington, D.C. Our full-time staff works on Federal services contracts in 49 states, DC, and PR to providing mission-critical support to the Department of Veterans Affairs, The U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy.