Job#: 3040126 Job Description: Database Engineer - Recovery & Cyber Resiliency
Hybrid Schedule: (3 days onsite/2 days remote)
Approved Locations: New York, New York; Pittsburgh, PA; Lake Mary, FL
Contract position through the end of 2026 (high likely of extension into 2027 based upon project needs)
Pay Range: $90-100/hr.
Role Overview
This position is for a recovery-focused engineer to help recover critical database platforms with speed and confidence during a cyber event or large-scale outage. The goal is to facilitate database recovery, partner with DBAs, and own operational aspects of the database recovery stacks. This is not a traditional DBA role, but the candidate must understand DBA language, challenges, and database engineering concepts.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support database recovery and cyber resiliency strategies for mission-critical systems.
- Work across Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Hadoop, graph databases, and other database technologies.
- Develop backup, restore, replication, failover, and disaster recovery approaches aligned to RPO/RTO needs.
- Facilitate recovery readiness, including recovery testing, tabletop exercises, and cyber recovery simulations.
- Partner closely with DBAs, infrastructure, application, security, and business continuity teams.
- Support automation of recovery processes, validation checks, health checks, and resiliency reporting.
- Understand adjacent ecosystem needs such as authentication, DNS, certificates, and Linux/Windows dependencies.
- Provide technical leadership during major incidents and disaster recovery events.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience: Strong experience as a Database Engineer, Database Administrator, or Infrastructure Engineer supporting enterprise databases. Deep expertise in database backup/recovery, high availability, replication, and disaster recovery architectures.
Technical Skills:- Experience with database platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.
- Understanding of Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) concepts.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery planning, recovery orchestration, and automation.
- Familiarity with authentication, DNS, and certificate dependencies.
- Understanding of Linux and Windows platforms.
- Hands-on scripting or automation skills using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting cyber recovery exercises or ransomware recovery planning.
- Familiarity with zero trust, immutable storage, and cyber vault concepts.
- Experience in cloud database resiliency across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Knowledge of enterprise tooling for backup automation, monitoring, and configuration management.
- Experience working in highly regulated environments with strong audit and compliance requirements.
- Relevant certifications such as OCP, Azure Database Administrator Associate, or AWS Database Specialty.
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