Database Engineer/Backend Developer in Virginia Beach, Virginia at General Dynamics Information Technology

USA VA Home Office (VAHOME)
Full time
RQ219622
Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
Other

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Database Architecture, Technical Solutions, Web Applications
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Come join our high performing team, supporting an essential government program, with a mission to support law enforcement in solving missing persons cases. We are seeking a seasoned database engineer with a track record of unwavering commitment to maintaining reliable and secure database management systems. We need a data expert who provides a variety of reports and dashboards for the business. The candidate must understand complex data models, maintain them, and develop and implement ways to improve them.

Essential Duties

• Install, upgrade, and maintain databases (servers and instances), indexes, and related processes, including backup and recovery
• Conduct performance tuning of database systems
• Develop automated mechanisms (stored procedures, function, and ad hoc scripts) for monitoring, maintenance and routine tasks
• Perform vulnerability management and continuous optimization of database security
• Diagnose and troubleshoot database errors
• Analyze data to create and manage reports, visualizations, and dashboards
• Understand complex data schemas and create enterprise data models
• Develop and support data integration mechanisms with other systems
• Develop and maintain database and system documentation

Technical Experience/Technologies

• Database Administration and Engineering
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019+ (Standalone and Always on Availability Groups instance configurations)
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • PowerShell
  • ElasticSearch and/or AWS OpenSearch for indices and index management
  • Data analysis and documentation (models, dictionaries, flows, statistical reporting, etc.)
• Backend Development/IT Systems Administration
  • Windows/IIS server administration
  • Patching team-managed server applications, and reviewing and validation enterprise server patching
  • Log management and analysis
  • Cloud services (AWS preferred): Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
  • DevOps - deployment management, configuration management, release coordination, cloud network operations, Agile concepts and frameworks

Personal Attributes

• Has demonstrated experience owning a technical task from discovery to resolution and leading response actions while coordinating with technical and non-technical teams
• Applies good judgement with personal initiative, adopting a "first do no harm" perspective
• Maintains commitment to quality and continuous improvement
• Demonstrates capacity for deep, critical thinking while maintaining an understanding of business needs

Desired Experience and Skills

• Experience using AI tools for heavy data analysis, data normalization efforts, etc.
• Experience preparing data for FOIA request responses
• Power BI or similar business intelligence and visualization tools
• Microsoft .NET/C# web applications development (including MVC and Web APIs)
• Front end JavaScript or TypeScript frameworks such as AngularJS/Angular 2+
• Entity Framework code first development workflow
• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• Familiarity with Splunk

Other Requirements

• US Citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Agency specific Public Trust clearance

The likely salary range for this position is $130,900 - $177,100. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

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