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Database Engineer ; FORECASTED

Job in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, 20883, USA
Listing for: Columbia Technology Partners
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-28
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Database Administrator, Data Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 155000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 155000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Database Engineer 2 (FORECASTED)
  • This Position is Contingent on Contract Award**
  • This Position is Contingent on Contract Award**
Description

Columbia Technology Partners is seeking a Database Engineer 2 to support the design, development, implementation, and optimization of mission-critical database systems. The ideal candidate will provide technical expertise throughout the database lifecycle, supporting database architecture, data storage and retrieval solutions, system performance improvements, and the development of database software supporting complex enterprise environments. This role contributes to requirements analysis, database design, implementation, testing, and operational deployment while ensuring solutions align with system architecture, performance objectives, security requirements, and operational needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, implement, and maintain database systems supporting data storage, retrieval, flow, and analysis requirements.
  • Develop and optimize database structures, schemas, queries, scripts, macros, and data-loading solutions to support operational and business needs.
  • Support and lead database development efforts, including database parser software and database loading software.
  • Analyze system requirements and recommend database improvements, optimization strategies, and maintenance activities.
  • Translate customer and system requirements into scalable database architectures and data models.
  • Develop database solutions that balance data volume, user demand, distribution requirements, performance, retention policies, security, and domain controls.
  • Support short- and long-term database administration and design planning efforts.
  • Collaborate with system engineers, developers, and stakeholders throughout the system lifecycle, from requirements development through system acceptance testing and Initial Operational Capability (IOC).
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline and five (5) years of experience as a Database Engineer supporting programs of similar scope and complexity; five (5) additional years of DBE experience may be substituted for the degree.
  • Experience designing, developing, and maintaining relational and/or object-oriented database solutions.
  • Experience developing database schemas, queries, scripts, and data manipulation solutions to support enterprise data environments.
  • Experience supporting database architecture, performance optimization, and data storage/retrieval requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with database architecture and enterprise-scale system integration.
  • Experience supporting cloud-based database storage and retrieval methodologies.
  • Knowledge of database performance tuning, security controls, and data retention requirements.
  • Experience collaborating across business and technical teams to develop database solutions throughout the system development lifecycle.
Requirements
  • U.S. Citizenship is required for all applicants. CTP is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations. All applicants and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with Executive Order 12564. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a security background investigation and polygraph.
  • Certification Requirements:
    • DOD 8570 Certification
This position requires an active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph. About Us

Founded in 2007, Columbia Technology Partners is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business with a specialization in technology and management consulting committed to solving intricate and sensitive technology issues facing corporations and federal agencies. Since its inception, CTP has been instrumental in the technical design, engineering development, operational deployment, and support of key systems. With a proven track record in information security, project management, systems/network engineering, security risk management, vulnerability assessments, and mobile security implementation;

our employees have the experience, expertise, and innovative thinking our customers need for results that exceed expectations. CTP staff have worked closely with both government engineers and management to gather mission requirements, develop the architecture to deliver the needed functionality and assess tools available to meet or exceed the needs of the mission.

At Columbia Technology Partners (CTP), we are united in being the best that we can be as individuals, but our core belief is that we can be better together. Together we will take on each mission with an execution process that authentically represents who we are. Our success relies on our team values, the foundation we built around them, and the Partners we become along the way.

That's why our pay is competitive, our missions are critical, and our benefits represent what matters most to CTP:
Our People.

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