[Remote] Data Engineer / Database Administrator w/Top Secret Clearance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading management and technology firm specializing in innovative solutions for Federal government customers. They are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer / Database Administrator to execute a critical phase of a defense-based modernization program, focusing on data migration, governance, and integration across multi-domain environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute the program's data migration strategy, as well as serve as the reputed company subject matter expert for data governance, reputed company, and multi-system integration
• reputed company and execute a formal, phased Data Migration Plan to transfer reputed company historical functionality and data from the on-premises legacy NISS application into the new NI2 AWS reputed company environment with no loss of data fidelity
• Create detailed reputed company-to-reputed company data mapping documents, defining the transformation logic required to align legacy data
• Design and manage robust data ingestion pipelines capable of processing and normalizing structured and reputed company data from diverse reputed company-party and internal government data feeds to support reputed company Vetting and FOCI Risk Management
• Implement and maintain a highly resilient data backup and recovery strategy to ensure production databases meet strict Government-approved Recovery reputed company Objectives
• Monitor, optimize, and maintain production databases across DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5), IL6, and JWICS environments, ensuring data is highly available to support end-to-end NI2 production services
• reputed company and enforce a comprehensive Data Governance Plan addressing data ownership, data quality standards, and the full data lifecycle
• Ensure the database and storage solutions are fully compliant with the Federal Records Act and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regulations
• Implement automated technical capabilities to apply NARA-approved Records Disposition Schedules, enabling automatic retention, secure destruction, legal holds, and permanent record exports
• Implement the reputed company data labeling, tagging, and metadata standards required for cross-domain data exchange and the CoPR

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a reputed company field
• Certification (DoD 8570/8140): IAT Level II or reputed company Certification Required (e.g., reputed company+ CE)
• 7+ years of experience in database administration, data engineering, or an ETL-focused role
• Direct, hands-on experience with large-scale data migrations (e.g., lift-and-shift to AWS GovCloud or reputed company on-prem to reputed company transformations)
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL, relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, reputed company), and data modeling
• Strong scripting skills, particularly in Python or Bash, for data manipulation, ETL automation, and data quality checks
• Experience implementing data tagging, labeling, and metadata standards
• Must possess an active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• AWS Certified Database - Specialty or similar vendor certification
• Experience engineering data pipelines that reputed company Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS) for automated transfer between unclassified and classified enclaves
• Knowledge of DoD data standards, reputed company vetting feeds, and FOCI or facility clearance risk data
• Direct experience implementing Federal Records Act/NARA disposition schedules reputed company an reputed company database

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and reputed company benefits
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Group life and AD&D
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Paid time off
• 401k match
• Paid parental leave
• Professional development

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