Database Engineer

Dark Wolf Solutions is seeking a talented and passionate Database Engineer to join our dynamic team. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment. This position requires onsite support at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, NE.

Responsibilities:

• Installation, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Oracle database systems to ensure high performance, security, and availability.

• Designing and implementing database schemas, monitors database health, and performs routine backups and recovery operations to safeguard mission-critical data.

• Troubleshooting database-related issues, managing user access and permissions, and optimizing queries to enhance system performance.

• Ensuring compliance with organizational policies and industry standards while staying current on updates, patches, and advancements in Oracle technologies.

• Providing technical reviews of design and development specifications of software applications, systems, and other engineering artifacts and develop or maintaining those artifacts as required in the systems engineering process.

• Supporting the certification, maintenance, and testing of software applications and the integration of complex software systems, as well as providing comments, recommendations, status, etc.

• Supporting the delivery of software, installation, configuration and testing, and problem resolution and maintenance, including all procedures/timelines to achieve approval to test and promote new or updated software to production.

• Advising the Government to ensure compliance with applicable standards, participating in developing new standards, and helping improve existing standards.

• Assessing technical and architectural changes for impact on IPT-specific software, other command-level systems, and the enterprise.

• Assessing items such as processes, products, contractor-developed solutions, baseline changes, Remedy Change Requests, etc., and providing comments /recommendations as necessary.

• Supporting development of program documents (support plans, strategies, assessments, requirements documents).

• Using approved processes (e.g., Systems Engineering Plan (SEP)) and participating in and providing support (e.g., prepare briefing or written material) for program management and technical reviews.

• Supporting the Program Chief Engineer and engineering authorities as requested through the program office.

• Possessing knowledge of acquisition streamlining initiatives and acquisition reforms (e.g., NDAA Section 804, DoD and USSTRATCOM initiatives).

• Providing direct support to the Test and Enterprise System Branch, working with the PM, FM, and Chief Engineer.

• Supporting the Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) process for placing new deliveries into production.

• Assisting in reviewing or proposing inputs to Requests for Proposal (RFP) artifacts and source selection-related documents such as Acquisition Plans, LCMP, and Acquisition Strategy.

• Integrating user community requirements, desired capabilities, and characteristics to support injection into the requirements/capabilities generation, planning, and programming processes and documents.

• Reviewing associated documentation and software for compliance with configuration management procedures, testing policies, and designing as stated in current directives.

• Providing analyses of interface requirements for applications based on recommendations from modernization efforts.

• Providing full spectrum support for the programs including the development of test plans and test reports, assisting and coordinating test events with interested parties (program office, contractor, user, AFOTEC, external agencies).

• Assisting in the security evaluation of program information and hardware throughout the program life cycle.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in support of the DoD

• Experience working with Ansible playbooks and automation

• Completing Oracle updates and patches, and supporting Oracle Database changes to include data, schema, triggers, and tables

• Experience in supporting Oracle Database changes to include data, schema, triggers, and tables

• Automation coding using Python

• Experience supporting Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

• Strong knowledge and experience of DoD and AF acquisition processes, policies, procedures, and statutory/regulatory requirements

• Strong knowledge and experience implementing the DoD Systems Engineering "V" Model

• US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance.

This position is located in Omaha, NE.

The estimated salary range for this position is $140,000.00 - $180,000.00, commensurate on experience and technical skillset.

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In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.