DescriptionMarkon is seeking a Database Engineer to support the Fort Meade customer by designing, optimizing, and maintaining secure, high-performance database environments supporting mission operations. This role develops scalable database architectures, automates administration, optimizes performance, and ensures the integrity, availability, and security of mission-critical data across enterprise platforms.
Responsibilities
- Engineer, install, configure, and sustain enterprise Oracle database environments.
- Plan and execute database patches, upgrades, migrations, and lifecycle maintenance.
- Administer Oracle Enterprise Manager for monitoring, alerting, and operational management.
- Implement and maintain Oracle Data Guard for availability and disaster recovery.
- Develop Bash scripts to automate database administration and recurring maintenance tasks
- Monitor database health, capacity, performance, and storage utilization.
- Troubleshoot complex database, Linux, connectivity, backup, and recovery issues.
- Implement database security controls, hardening standards, and access-management practices.
- Document database architectures, configurations, procedures, and recovery plans.
- Provide senior technical guidance to application, infrastructure, and operations teams.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph with this Customer.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline and 10+ years of relevant experience.
Extensive experience installing, configuring, patching, and sustaining Oracle Database environments.
Experience with Oracle Enterprise Manager and Oracle Data Guard.
Strong Linux administration and command-line experience.
Experience developing Bash scripts for database administration and automation.
Experience troubleshooting database availability, performance, backup, and recovery issues.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL database platforms.
- Oracle database certification.
- Experience supporting highly available databases in secure enterprise environments.
Salary RangeUSD $162,000.00 - USD $172,000.00 /Yr.The Markon pay range for this position is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Benefits Offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays.
