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The Role
The Senior PostgreSQL Database Engineer will design and build high-performance PostgreSQL databases, working collaboratively on system architecture, schema design, data modeling, and performance tuning.
Summary Generated by Built In
Riptide Technology is seeking a Senior Database Engineer (DBE) to support Research and Development (R&D) work at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC. The Senior DBE will design and build PostgreSQL databases that are capable of ingesting and storing high volumes of event data while maintaining optimal search performance. PostgreSQL database instances reside in both on-premise and cloud environments.
The Senior DBE will be part of a high-performing, multi-disciplinary development team and collaborate on all facets of the broader system’s design and implementation. This design and development work will include: design, planning, technology selection, architecture, schema design, data modeling, high volume load processes, performance tuning and data access APIs. The Sr DBE should be skilled in PostgreSQL database administration tasks, but this position requires an experienced database design engineer, not a database administrator.
Qualifications:
- Education: · Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Network Engineering
- In lieu of a Bachelor’s Degree an additional Four years of related work experience (plus any additional required experience) may be substituted
- Required Experience:
- 12+ years of experience with relational databases (like PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase)
- 5+ years database design and development
- 4+ years of direct experience with PostgreSQL
- Location:
- Work is primarily on-site at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Desired Qualifications:
- PostgreSQL Professional Certification
- Experience working as member of multi-disciplinary development team. Ability to collaborate well with a broader engineering team: infrastructure, security, functional leads and application developers
- Experience with:
- o Multi-node clusters, and cloud-based PostgreSQL configurations
- o Large time-series and geo-spatial event data sets
- o High-volume data loading techniques
- o Multi-level secure access controls and data security labeling
- o PostgreSQL performance tuning; Dynatrace, pgBench
Security Clearance Requirements:
- Security Clearance: This position will require U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance is required to work at NRL
Riptide Technology, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer ensuring no employee or prospective employee will be discriminated against based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or marital status with regards to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion or rehiring.
Top Skills
Dynatrace
Oracle
Pgbench
Postgres
SQL Server
Sybase
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The Company
What We Do
Riptide Technology is a professional IT services company specializing in systems architecture, solutions research and software development. Riptide’s primary functional expertise is in Maritime ISR systems.
Riptide Technology was incorporated and officially opened for business in May 2011.
Riptide has established an office in Old Town Alexandria. Our contact information is:
201 King Street, #304
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone: (703)888-2711
Fax: (703)888-2933
