OverviewAre you ready to contribute to cutting-edge advancements in space domain awareness and geolocation? BigBear.ai is seeking a
Database Engineer (DBE) to join our team and support the development and operation of advanced capabilities that leverage RF signal processing and geospatial analytics. This is your opportunity to work on complex, processing-intensive systems that handle massive data sets in real-time environments. If you thrive on solving challenging problems, enjoy working with innovative technologies, and want to make a tangible impact in the space domain, we want to hear from you!
Clearance Required: TS/SCI with Poly
Program OverviewThis program supports the development and operation of advanced capabilities for space domain awareness and geolocation, combining RF signal processing and geospatial analytics.
As part of this team:
- Innovate with SDR Technologies: Build and refine applications that ingest and analyze radio frequency data to detect, characterize, and track objects or signals in the space domain.
- Develop Novel Algorithms: Contribute to cutting-edge development programs by creating analytics, visualization, and discovery tools that enable precise geolocation and actionable insights.
- Ensure Interoperability: Integrate new and legacy software across diverse hardware platforms, ensuring performance and interoperability across various form factors.
- Drive System Design Decisions: Provide critical input to system design decisions, including hardware/software trade-offs, software reuse strategies, and the incorporation of COTS and GOTS solutions.
What you will doAs a
Database Engineer, you'll:
- Design & Develop Databases: Support database design, development, implementation, information storage, and retrieval activities.
- Analyze & Optimize Systems: Assist with the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development, and maintenance efforts.
- Define Requirements: Develop long- and short-term requirements for database administration and design.
- Create Usable Solutions: Translate requirements and data into usable database schemas by creating ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros; update existing queries and create new ones to manipulate data into master files.
- Build Complex Systems: Develop database parser software, database loading software, and database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development
What you need to have- Education: Bachelor's degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university. (Five years of additional DBE experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree.)
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph (required).
- Technical Expertise:
- Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases, including Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB, and Redis.
- Proficiency in SQL and associated tools (e.g., SQL Developer).
- Ability to support the development of long- and short-term requirements for database administration and design.
What we'd like you to have- Elasticsearch Experience: Familiarity with Elasticsearch and its integration into database systems.
