Database Engineer (AHT)

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Database Engineer (DBE) in support of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. NASIC is responsible for creating all-source intelligence defining the present and future air, air defense, cyber, space and ballistic missile threats to enable military operations, force modernization, and policy making. This DBE will be an active part of a team of Database Engineers/Administrators who will share in the administration of Neo4j, Oracle, MariaDB/MySQL, MongoDB, etc. This candidate will take lead on Neo4j / Graph Database Engineering activities and provide general support for the other databases. This environment includes ever growing opportunities with modernization such as Cloud technologies and DevOps CI/CD pipelines. Development of containerization and Kubernetes skillsets will be critical as the NASIC Database architecture continues its Digital Transformation efforts. This candidate will be planned to support a production environment on site at NASIC/WPAFB once properly cleared to support mission critical needs.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for a Database Engineer:

• One of the following:
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent with 6 Years relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 2 Years related experience
  • Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 0 Year related experience
• U.S. citizenship with ability to get a TS/SCI security clearance
• Minimum of two years of experience with Database Engineering / Administration
• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification such as CASP+ or Security+ within 90 days
• Able to obtain Neo4j certification within 90 days

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Database Engineer:

• One of the following:
  • High school diploma or GED equivalent with 9 Years relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 5 Years related experience
  • Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math discipline with 3 Year related experience
• U.S. citizenship with ability to get a TS/SCI security clearance
• Minimum of five years of experience with Database Engineering / Administration
• Able to obtain IAT Level II certification such as CASP+ or Security+ within 90 days
• Able to obtain Neo4j certification within 90 days

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Department of Defense Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance
• Neo4j or other graph database administration experience
• Experience with DevOps architecture such as Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, Docker, GitLab, etc.
• Experience with Oracle, MariaDB/MySQL, or MongoDB Database administration
• Experience with Apache, NGINX, or JBoss Server administration
• Experience with scripting using tools such as Bash, Python, Perl, PowerShell, etc.
• Candidate must demonstrate strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Active CompTIA CASP+ or Security+ certification

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