Database Engineer

Remote in REMOTE WORK, TX, US • Posted 17 days ago • Updated 11 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $130,000.00 - 135,000.00 per year

SAIC

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Skills

Data Modeling
High Availability
Scalability
Security Clearance
Security+
Customer Engagement
CISSP
Amazon Web Services
Amazon EC2
Backup
Recovery
Performance Tuning
Query Optimization
Management
Entity Relationship Model
Performance Metrics
Dashboard
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Data Integrity
ROOT
Database Administration
Database Performance Tuning
Cloud Computing
Amazon RDS
Remote Desktop Services
Database
Information Technology
Systems Engineering
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Summary

Job ID: 2601286

Location: REMOTE WORK, TX, US

Date Posted: 2026-02-24

Category: Information Technology

Subcategory: Database Admin

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Minimum Clearance Required: Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: Yes

Description

Seeking a Database Engineer with strong experience supporting enterprise-scale, cloud-hosted databases, primarily within AWS environments. This role focuses on database administration, performance optimization, data modeling, and operational reliability, ensuring high availability and efficiency for mission-critical systems.

Target salary is $130-135k. (Please note this position is funded through March 2026 and most likely will push through June 2026).

Primary Focus Areas

Administer and optimize AWS-hosted databases.
Design and maintain efficient, scalable data models.
Monitor and tune database performance.
Troubleshoot data integrity and system issues.
Ensure reliability, availability, and performance of enterprise data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Manage enterprise databases hosted on AWS RDS and EC2.
Perform database performance tuning (query optimization, indexing, configuration).
Design and optimize schemas, tables, indexes, and views.
Identify and resolve data inconsistencies and database-related issues.
Support database reliability, scalability, and operational health.
Monitor database performance using metrics and monitoring tools.

Qualifications

and active Secret Clearance.

Core Technical Skills

Certification: 8570 certification in IAT Level II certification or above (Security+ CE, CASP+ CE, CISSP, etc.)
Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, EC2-hosted databases).
Database Administration: Backup/recovery, configuration, tuning.
Performance Optimization: Query tuning, index management, execution plan analysis.
Data Design: Schema and relational data modeling.
Monitoring: Performance metrics, alerting, and health dashboards.
Bachelor's and nine (9) or relevant years of experience in lieu of degree.

Problem Solving & Reliability

Strong troubleshooting skills for data integrity and performance issues.
Ability to quickly diagnose root causes of database incidents.
Experience maintaining uptime and system stability in production environments.

Preferred

Database Administrator (DBA) transitioning into a cloud-focused engineer role.
Backend or platform engineer with deep database tuning experience.
Cloud engineer with strong RDS and data performance background.
Engineers supporting high-volume or mission-critical systems.
Experience with automation or infrastructure-as-code around databases.
Exposure to multi-environment (dev/test/prod) database support.
Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and alerting platforms.

Target salary range: $120,001 - $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10111346
Position Id: 2601286
Posted 17 days ago

Company Info

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500 mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets include secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.

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