Database Engineer

Description

We are searching for cleared professionals who are passionate about their work and ready to take the next step in their careers! The talented individuals we hire at Synergy are provided with a multitude of contract opportunities from developing tip-of-the-spear capabilities to providing support for ongoing mission-critical operations. With high demand from our National Security customers for our talent and expertise, our employees are shaping the future in support of our customer’s most critical needs and are working with some of the best and brightest in the industry.

What you will be doing:

Synergy is seeking an experienced Database Engineer provide technical expertise for database design, development, implementation, information storage and retrieval, data flow and analysis. This work is on a new contract, and we are actively staffing for this opportunity!

If you’re ready to step into a new and exciting role as part of a highly skilled team, then we want to hear from you and learn more about your experience!

You will be responsible for developing or maintaining database structures to fit into the overall architecture of the system. Create new workflows to take over existing processes as needed as well as provide break/fix requests or updates. Lead development of database structures, database parser software, and database loading software. Support the development and test of various Python based ReST end points, microservices, and data model management capabilities utilizing Django and Flask frameworks to interact with data models such as mariaDB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL and send data upon request, in JSON format, to UI front ends.

Requirements

Requires five (5) years of experience as a Database Engineer on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. A Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five (5) years of additional Database Engineering experience on projects with similar scope, type, and complexity may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Required Capabilities:

• Database experience using MongoDB or MariaDB; including deployment and management of the database itself, debugging of optimization issues, and scaling.

Desired Capabilities:

• Python, Django or Flask, ReST Endpoint Development, Micro-Service Model, Swagger, AWS, C2S or other cloud experience, Docker, Visual Studio Code or similar IDEs, JSON and/or XML serialization, Jira, Confluence, Git version control, Experience working in Agile environment.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED

• Must be fully cleared with the appropriate Polygraph.

Benefits

• Compensation: We offer highly competitive compensation so everyone can share in the growth of the company as we build its success together!
• Health & Retirement: We offer a comprehensive Health Benefits package and 401K Retirement plan so you can take care of yourself and your family, now and in the future. Other health-related benefits include an employee Gym wellness benefit.
• Education: Individual growth is a priority at Synergy. Employees are encouraged to take advantage of our company-sponsored continuing education program so they can get their degree or that next certification needed to propel them towards the next level.
• Work/Life Balance: A healthy work/life balance is essential for building and executing your work effectively at Synergy, but it’s also necessary to allow you the room to pursue everything you want to develop in your personal life. We offer a generous Paid Time Off benefit and 11 paid holidays a year. Synergy also provides flexible work options that work with your schedule and lifestyle.
• Great Corporate Facilities: Come by our corporate office and enjoy a weekly happy hour, take a drive to nearby restaurants, grab a snack or coffee in our café, or utilize our collaborative office space and conference rooms.

About Us

Formed in July of 2007 and headquartered in Columbia, MD, our talented, dedicated staff provide a broad range of services to the Defense, Intelligence, and Health Care industries. In an ultra-competitive environment, Synergy ECP has thrived by adhering to our name, making sure excellence is displayed by our Employees, to our Customers and by continually improving Performance (ECP). This is what sets us apart and enables us to be an autonomous yet agile business delivering huge results and meeting our customers’ evolving demands. Synergy ECP has earned a client list that includes numerous Fortune 100 companies, in addition to multiple branches of the US government and military services.

Synergy ECP is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

If you are interested in learning more about Synergy and what opportunities may be available to you, let’s start a conversation together! Our team is happy to speak with you about your experience and goals so that they may work with you in finding the kinds of positions that you are most interested in. Feel free to drop off your resume with us via our website or send it along to staffing@synergyecp.com. Apply today and start your new career at Synergy!