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Database Engineer 2

Wyetech
Linthicum Heights, Maryland, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Sept 2025

About the role

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.
Provides technical expertise for database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow and analysis. Develops relational and/or Object-Oriented databases, database parser software, and database loading software. Projects long-range requirements for database administration and design. 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; updatesexisting 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.
Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Capabilities

  • Support the database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow and analysis activities
  • 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 project’s 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

Required Qualifications

  • TS/SCI with agency appropriate polygraph
  • Five (5) 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.

Required Technical Skills

  • Database experience using MongoDB or MariaDB, Including:
  •    •deployment and management of the database itself    •debugging of optimization issues    •scaling

Desired Technical Skills

  • Python, Django or Flask
  • ReST Endpoint Development
  • Micro-Service Model
  • Swagger
  • AWS, C2S or other cloud experience
  • Docker
  • Visual Studio Code or similar IDEs, JSON and/or XML serialization
  • Jira, Confluence
  • Git version control
  • Experience working in Agile environment

The Benefits Package

  • Wyetech believes in generously supporting employees as they prepare for retirement. The company automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, with no requirement for employee matching. All contributions are fully vested from day one, ensuring immediate ownership of retirement funds. 

  • Additional benefits include:
  • Wyetech provides a generous PTO plan of up to

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