- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Training & development
PostgreSQL Database Architect (TS/SCI)
Location: Springfield, VA
Position Summary
An active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance is required for this position.
The PostgreSQL Database Architect provides technical leadership in the design, implementation, administration, and modernization of enterprise database environments supporting Department of War and Intelligence Community mission objectives. The incumbent architects and maintains secure, scalable, and highly available PostgreSQL database solutions while supporting database performance, security, disaster recovery, and modernization initiatives. Working collaboratively with software developers, system administrators, and mission stakeholders, this position ensures enterprise database environments are optimized for reliability, scalability, and operational performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, administer, and sustain enterprise PostgreSQL database environments supporting mission-critical applications.
- Develop and maintain secure, highly available, and scalable database architectures, including clustering, replication, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery solutions.
- Monitor, analyze, and optimize database performance through capacity planning, query optimization, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
- Plan and execute database upgrades, patching, migrations, and modernization initiatives while minimizing operational impact.
- Design and implement database security controls, including Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), administrative account management, auditing, and compliance with organizational cybersecurity policies.
- Collaborate with software developers and system engineers on database schema design, stored procedures, query optimization, and application integration.
- Develop and maintain database standards, configuration baselines, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
- Implement and validate database backup, recovery, snapshot, and business continuity strategies to ensure system resiliency.
- Evaluate commercial and open-source database technologies and provide technical recommendations supporting enterprise modernization efforts.
- Develop and execute database testing strategies to validate performance, availability, scalability, and security.
- Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting, and performance optimization recommendations to development teams and database users.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security requirements, configuration management practices, and applicable regulatory and organizational standards.
Required Qualifications