Leidos is seeking a highly skilled Database Architect to be part of a mission applications development team for the Department of Justice. We are looking for a strong candidate with Database Architecture, experience with SQL, PostgreSQL, automation and scripting in addition to query optimization identification and remediation skills.
Primary Responsibilities
· Become the expert on current application database architecture for a suite of 17 applications across two customer agency branches.
· Lead, develop, diagram, and implement modernized database architecture(s) to align with modernization efforts by guiding the engineering and development teams.
· Streamline and optimize database infrastructure to include more efficient processing and modern architecture to facilitate strategic initiatives.
· Overall responsibility to maintain stable, efficient, and performant database operations in support of applications.
· Works with infrastructure engineering to forecast and predict database load and performance requirements.
· Designs metrics and assists in data gathering to support reporting of potential end-user application experience.
· Leverage cloud technologies as applicable to continuously modernize legacy infrastructure.
· Optimize and validate software, processes, and script usage of database tables to ensure performance.
· Define and enforce enterprise database standards and data governance practices across all applications
· Design and oversee data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, APIs, streaming) to ensure reliable data flow between systems
· Lead adoption of database DevOps and automation practices, including CI/CD, schema versioning, and automated provisioning
Basic Qualifications
· Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related field; Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
· 7-10 years of database engineering/architecture experience, including ownership of complex, multi-application environments
· Experience in MS SQL Server database, NoSQL databases (Mongo, Casandra), Objective related databases (PostGres), and data processing services.
· Skilled in troubleshooting performance issues, optimizing queries, managing caching, clustering, and leveraging auto-scaling to handle workloads.
· Proven ability to design and implement scalable, modern database architectures aligned with application modernization efforts
· Hands-on experience with database performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting bottlenecks
· Experience modernizing legacy systems, including migration to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
· Strong understanding of capacity planning, load forecasting, and high availability/disaster recovery strategies
· Ability to lead and guide engineering teams on database design, usage, and best practices
· Experience working across teams to align database architecture with application and infrastructure design
· Ability to define and implement database metrics, monitoring, and performance reporting tied to user experience.
· Knowledge of data security, access controls, and compliance considerations in enterprise environments
· Strong skills in architecture documentation and diagramming for complex systems
Preferred Qualifications
· Proven leadership of large-scale modernization efforts, especially transforming legacy database ecosystems into cloud-native or hybrid architectures across multiple applications
· Deep experience with both relational and NoSQL/distributed data systems, including selecting the right data store for different use cases (polyglot persistence)
· Advanced cloud architecture expertise, including designing for serverless, event-driven, and microservices-based data patterns
· Experience in federal or highly regulated environments, including implementing secure, compliant architectures (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA)
· Strong troubleshooting skills for database related issues and incidents.
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Original Posting:April 17, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are framed as a strong component of total rewards, highlighted by a 401(k) match and immediate vesting in the standard package. The Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also presented as an additional long-term wealth-building feature.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle supports extend beyond core insurance, including wellness programs, fitness-related stipends, and assistance resources. Work flexibility and related perks are also included as part of the broader rewards experience.
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