About the role

What will you do at Momentum Engineering, Inc.?

Job Summary

Seeking a Database Engineer/Oracle Database Administrator to support a complex system with exacting interface, performance, and security requirements, and provide database engineering expertise in one or more of the following areas: architecture, design, development, requirements analysis, data flow, network design/ implementation, testing, and documentation

Primary Responsibilities

Support database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow, and analysis activities

Support the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts

Support the development of long-term and short-term requirements for database administration and design

Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software

Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, making updates to existing queries, and creating new queries to manipulate data into a master file

Assist in the development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development

Develop requirement recommendations from a project's inception to its conclusion for a particular Business and IT subject matter area (i.e. simple to complex systems)

Develop database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development

Required Qualifications

Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph

Must have at least 10 years of high-level, in-depth, dedicated database experience

Must have in-depth experience as a Database Administrator to include proficiency in tasks such as data migration, data replication, user administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, issue investigation, issue resolution, and general administration

Must have a solid understanding of databases, primarily Oracle and/or other relational and non‐relational/NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB

Must have experience using Oracle SQL/PLSQL, and SQL in general

Must have experience scripting with JavaScript, Bash/Linux shell scripting (in general), Perl, and/or Python

Must have knowledge of programming languages to include Java

Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices

Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasking

Must be capable of performing high quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment

Desired Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology and/or as a member of an Agile team

Experience with Cassandra

Experience with MongoDB

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Which skills does this role require?

Oracle Database AdministrationDatabase EngineeringSQLPL/SQLPostgreSQLMongoDBCassandraJavaScriptBashLinux shell scriptingPerlPythonJavaData migrationPerformance tuningBackup and recoveryOracleDatabase AdministratorDatabase EngineerLinuxTop Secret/SCI clearanceNSA Full Scope PolygraphSAFeAgileDatabase architectureData flowSchema designSystem maintenanceInformation storageRetrievalNoSQLRelational databasesScripting

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