Provide senior database architecture and engineering for cloud-hosted GEOMAP systems: design, optimize, secure, migrate, and sustain relational and non-relational databases; troubleshoot performance and integrity issues; collaborate with cloud, DevSecOps, software, testing, and support teams; develop standards, documentation, and support deployment activities for Air Force geospatial capabilities.
The Database Engineer / Senior Database Architect will provide senior-level technical expertise to support the design, performance, security, scalability, and sustainment of the GEOMAP data environment. This role serves as a reach-back subject matter expert supporting database architecture, data engineering, data stewardship, troubleshooting, modernization, and integration activities across cloud-hosted mission systems. The Database Engineer will work closely with cloud, DevSecOps, software, testing, and production support teams to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performing data services supporting Air Force geospatial capabilities.
*This position is contingent based upon contract award.*
Responsibilities
- Provide senior-level database engineering and architecture support for GEOMAP applications, services, and associated data environments.
- Design, review, and optimize database architectures to support performance, scalability, availability, and maintainability in cloud-hosted environments.
- Support administration, tuning, troubleshooting, and sustainment of relational and non-relational database platforms.
- Analyze complex database performance issues, data integrity concerns, and recurring operational problems and recommend durable corrective actions.
- Support database design activities for new features, enhancements, technical refresh efforts, and modernization initiatives.
- Collaborate with software engineers, cloud engineers, DevSecOps engineers, testers, and support personnel to ensure effective integration between application and data layers.
- Assist with database migration, schema updates, data transformation, backup and recovery planning, and environment synchronization activities.
- Support development and refinement of data models, metadata, database standards, and data management best practices.
- Contribute to release planning, deployment support, and validation activities for database-related changes across development, test, and production environments.
- Review and recommend approaches for database security, access controls, auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance alignment.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, data flow descriptions, operating procedures, and database support artifacts.
- Provide reach-back support for surge requirements, high-priority investiga
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