Database Administrator / Data Architect
Northern VA / Remote

Tiber Creek Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Database Administrator / Data Architect to join our team working to support a program with the U.S. Army. The successful candidate will design, develop, and deploy data management capabilities to a production environment as well as manage and develop in a PostgreSQL Database instances. You must be highly experienced with PostgreSQL to be considered for this position. DoD Secret Clearance and experience building enterprise systems to inform design decisions, PostgreSQL expertise and experience working with a cross-functional team in a highly collaborative environment will help to ensure your success in this position.


Apply To:https://tibercreek.com/careers/apply/
Education:AA/BA/BS degree required. Security+ must be current or quickly obtained.
Experience:5+ years relevant work experience.
Clearance:Active DoD SECRET Clearance is Required.
Related Experience Should Include:
  • Working in an Agile environment on a Department of Defense (DoD) contract and familiarity with DoD systems and requirements.
  • PostgreSQL database expertise and experience designing, developing, and deploying U.S. Army data management capabilities to a production environment.
  • Data Modeling tools to include erwin.
  • Knowledge of Army systems and data
  • Implementing physical data stores based on logical models.
  • Translating functional needs into robust and scalable data storage designs.
  • Documenting a data model and its inbound/outbound data feeds.
  • Reporting and producing visualization of data for leadership decision-making.
  • Knowledge of programming languages such as Java or .NET.
  • Good understanding of data development lifecycle and the tools that support it, such as SSIS design tools.
  • Understanding metadata concepts and strategies.
  • Using tools such as Visio, Visual Studio, and other SQL tools.
  • Working knowledge and experience with dimensional modeling principles.
  • Knowledge of source code versioning techniques in the context GIT; ability to program data processing cycles (ETL); and knowledge of Business Intelligence Development Studio.
Job Duties:
  • Gather, research, refine, and communicate requirements. Understand and explain how database design meets requirements to developers, managers, customers, and others.
  • Implement physical data stores based on logical models.
  • Support solution development by translating functional needs into robust and scalable data storage designs.
  • Coordinate with the Data Scientist to identify, evaluate, ingest, and integrate new sources of data.
  • Create database designs that are performant, appropriately normalized, future-proof, and scalable.
  • Accept proposed subject area designs from database leads, refine them and add them to the database model.
  • Design, manage and enforce data naming conventions.
  • Design and model a database in erwin. Generate Differential DDL from the erwin model.
  • Write stored procedures, functions, views, and database scripts.
  • Peer review DDL and DML scripts generated by team members.
  • Gather and prepare scripts for deployment.
  • Attend meetings to keep abreast of development efforts and incoming requirements.
  • Troubleshoot data issues that may be caused by errors in DDL, DML, or the Application.
  • Support all levels of testing from individual developer testing, to unit testing, UVT, and UAT.
  • Triage and prioritize multiple tasks by their urgency and impact.
  • Inform application and solution architecture designs balancing the needs of customers and best practices.
  • Troubleshoot existing and build new ETL processes that load data from various systems/architectures into the database.
  • Design and build multiple ETL data feeds to supply legacy systems with data that meet existing SLAs and DSAs.
Minimum Qualifiers:
  • Unable to work with 3rd party candidates or agencies.

Interested in Joining Our Team?