Database Engineer

Description

Position: Database Engineer

Location: Melbourne, FL (Patrick, SFB)

Make an Impact with Leidos

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the dedication of our diverse and talented teams. United by a shared commitment to our customers' success, we empower our people, support our communities, and operate sustainably. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide every aspect of our work, ensuring we do the right thing-for our customers, our people, and the world around us.

Thrive in a MissionFocused Environment

The Leidos Defense Sector provides advanced systems, solutions, and services across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. From enterprise IT and largescale intelligence systems to cybersecurity, geospatial analytics, logistics, and training, we support some of the nation's most critical defense missions. Our teams take on challenges where failure is not an option-and succeed.

We are seeking a Database Engineer to support the US NDC OSS II Program. This role blends database engineering, performance optimization, and integration support with ongoing operational DBA responsibilities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain SQL and PL/SQL code

• Perform database performance tuning and query optimization

• Support database upgrades, patches, and environment refreshes

• Collaborate with application teams to ensure seamless database integration

• Assist with troubleshooting and rootcause analysis

• Contribute to database design improvements, standards, and best practices

• Participate in oncall rotation and occasional afterhours support

• Support mission continuity and longterm knowledge retention

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of related experience. Additional experience, training, and/or certifications may substitute degree requirement.

• US Citizen; Currently possessing DoD Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to a TS/SBI clearance upon hire.

• IAT Level II certification (CompTIA Security+ or equivalent)

• Strong expertise with Oracle databases, SQL, and PL/SQL

• Handson experience with performance tuning and operational database support

• Background supporting missioncritical or operational systems

• Experience with Oracle GoldenGate for data replication, synchronization, and high-availability architectures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree with 2+ years related experience

• Prior DoD 24O7 mission support experience

• Experience mentoring database engineers or DBAs

• Experience supporting databases in cloud or hybrid cloud environments including migration, integration, and performance considerations.

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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.