Database Engineer, Associate

Responsibilities

Peraton is hiring a Database Engineer, Associate to support critical missions within it's Risk Decision Group.

This is a 100% Remote position.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in building and maintaining database management systems, including modeling and design.

• Support relational database architecture and configuration management efforts.

• Utilize data mapping, mining, and transformation tools to help develop and refine databases.

• Help determine optimal data storage solutions to ensure efficient and scalable pipelines.

• Assist in designing and maintaining data pipelines for automated collection and transformation.

• Work closely with team members to analyze sources, prepare system requirements, and optimize database implementations.

• Gain experience in evaluating software, hardware, and networking components for database systems.

• Write and optimize SQL queries under guidance to ensure performance and scalability.

• Participate in implementing backup and database replication solutions.

• Support data collection, management, and transformation to improve usability.

• Learn and apply best practices for data extraction and transformation in predictive modeling.

• Assist in developing data validation methods and analysis tools for business needs.

• Help optimize data delivery processes and infrastructure for stability and efficiency.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to address data-related challenges and ensure accuracy.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• US. Citizenship
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance
• A bachelor’s degree, or 4 years work experience with no degree
• Possesses knowledge and experience of advanced analytics and data storage.
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like AWS and Azure to build scalable and cost-effective data solutions.
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) is crucial.
• Experience with SQL querying language and the Microsoft SQL Server ecosystem.
• Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) Ticketing, including ability to read and understand requirements and independently execute steps to complete requirements.
• Basic knowledgeof Extract, Transform, Load tools and processes.
• Experience in data modeling, schema design, and normalization techniques.
• Ability to collaborate with team members to address data-related challenges.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Polished oral and written communication skills sufficient to compose, tailor, and deliver original presentations and papers on abstract concepts.
• Develops and employs strategies to analyze key issues, draw …