Overview

This position will use your advanced technical database knowledge and capabilities to build an advanced database-driven workflow application for a customer. You will work as part of an engineering team that will re-design and rebuild an application that serves as the mission enabler for the customer’s environment.

Seeking individuals who have or are driven towards achieving certifications/competencies in the software development or database development tracks. You will be a true technologist at heart, subscribing to multiple feeds and resources to remain aware of evolving trends. Candidates MUST reside in DC/MD/VA and available to work onsite in Herndon, VA.

Responsibilities

You will be a part of an Agile team modernizing a series of legacy customer applications, some of which are data intensive. In concert with a data architect, you will implement the new database solutions across multiple infrastructures including AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure.

Duties include:

• Designing and developing databases
• Writing database queries to extract and manipulate data
• Ensuring database performance, security, and integrity requirements are met
• Troubleshooting database issues and optimizing for efficiency
• Writing technical documentation

Qualifications

• At least 5 years working with database solutions, preferably both SQL and NoSQL based.
• Experience with schema management automation tools such as Liquibase, Flyway, etc.
• Experience with cloud-native data services such as AWS Aurora RDS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Glue, Athena, QuickSight, etc.
• Experience managing data sets to include duties such as data cleansing, data transformation, data loading, and data streaming.
• Experience implementing and maintaining common data architectures such as Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Lake Houses, and Data Mesh.
• Solid understanding of Zero Trust architectures and security best practices.
• Experience in a DevSecOps culture CI/CD best practices.
• Heavy experience and comfort level with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK).
• Heavy experience and comfort level with Pipeline Automation Tools such as Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Tekton Pipelines, etc.
• Demonstrated experience working with production database solutions.
• Demonstrated experience with database management tools for monitoring and performance.
• Extensive experience scripting – leveraging repurpose-able scripts.
• Have significant experience working in a Team Management/DevSecOps tool on par with Jira/Confluence, Visual Studio Team, or similar.
• Solid understanding of cloud solutions, and an immense appetite for learning and capacity to digest new capabilities and apply them to your solutions.
• Must have experience working on a team, understanding that the chemistry of the team is crucial to the delivery of any solution.

Clearance Requirement:

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance and/or Public Trust.

About Acuity Inc:

Acuity is a leading management and technology consulting firm that specializes in serving the federal government. Our innovative, collaborative, and rewarding work environment has earned repeat honors from the Washington Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work”, Washington Post’s “Top Workplace”, and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards. 

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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