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Senior Database Engineer

Belay Technologies
Annapolis Junction, MD, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Apr 2026
💰 $420,000/yr

About the role

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021! 

Belay Technologies is seeking a highly skilled Database Engineer to support mission-critical programs. This role provides technical expertise in database design, development, and implementation across complex, secure environments.

You will be responsible for developing a database structure that fits into the overall architecture of the system under development and has to make trades among data volumes, number of users, logical and physical distribution, response times, retention rules, security and domain controls. The DBE works primarily at the front end of the lifecycle—requirements through system acceptance testing and Initial Operational Capability (IOC). Develops requirements from a project’s inception to its conclusion for a particular business and Information Technology (IT) subject matter area (i.e., simple to complex systems).

Assist with recommendations for, and analysis and evaluation of systems improvements, optimization, development, and/or maintenance efforts. Translates a set of requirements and data into a usable document by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts, and macros; updates existing queries, creates new ones to manipulate data into a master file; and builds complex systems using queries, tables, Open Database Connectivity and database storage and retrieval using Cloud methodologies.

Candidates should have the following qualifications:  

  • TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
  • Ten (10) years' experience as a DBE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required. 
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. 
    • Five (5) years of DBE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.

Candidates are required to have the following skills:

  • Experience in Information Assurance: DoD 8570.01-M compliance with Information Assurance Technical (IAT) Level II is required
  • Extensive experience with installation and patching associated with:
    • Oracle Database
    • Oracle Enterprise Manager
    • Oracle Data Guard
  • Linux OS
  • Linux Commands
  • Bash Scripting

Nice to Have:

  • Mongo experience

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

  • Support the database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow and analysis activities 2. Support the analysis and evaluation of system improvements, optimization, development and/or maintenance efforts
  • Support the development of long- and short-term requirements for database administration and design
  • Assist in developing databases, database parser software, and database loading software
  • Translate a set of requirements and data into a usable database schema by creating or recreating ad hoc queries, scripts and macros, updates existing queries, creates new ones to manipulate data into a master file
  • Assist in developing database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development
  • Lead development of database structures that fit into the overall architecture of the system under development
  • Lead development of databases, database parser software, and database loading software
  • Develop requirement recommendations from a projects inception to its conclusion for a particular Business and IT subject matter area (i.e. simple to complex systems)
  • Develop a database structure that fits into the overall architecture of the system under development and has to make trades among data volumes, number of users, logical and physical distribution, response times, retention rules, security and domain controls
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