Database Engineer

About Us

DLH delivers improved health and national security readiness solutions for federal programs through science research and development, systems engineering and integration, and digital transformation. Our experts in public health, performance evaluation, and health operations solve the complex problems faced by civilian and military customers alike by leveraging advanced tools – including digital transformation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, cloud enablement, modeling, and simulation, and more. With over 3,200 employees dedicated to the idea that “Your Mission is Our Passion,” DLH brings a unique combination of government sector experience, proven methodology, and unwavering commitment to innovation to improve the lives of millions.

Responsibilities

• Recommending, developing, and managing the database strategy to be used with the system being developed.
• Research and apply common data base best practices and design patterns, gather, assess and translate user requirements into a logical database design.
• Work with developers to locate and manage external APIs, create and manage validation techniques and ensure data integrity.
• Perform disaster recovery.
• Develop and provide common living documentation deliverables to include Entity Relationship Diagrams and Data Dictionaries.

Qualifications

Required Technical Skills:

• Familiarity with several common relational databases including SQLite and PostgreSQL
• Familiarity with common database best practices and design patterns including First Normal Form (1NF)
• Common living documentation deliverables including Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD) and Data Dictionaries
• Understanding of layer-oriented design and the presentation layer (SQLAlchemy)
• Ability to crate manage data validation techniques to ensure data integrity
• Disaster recovery

Required Soft Skills:

• Ability to gather, assess and understand user requirements and translate them into logical database design
• Willingness to work closely with developers to locate and manage data and develop external APIs

Benefits

DLH Corp offers our employees an excellent benefits package including - Personal Time Off (PTO), medical, dental, vision, supplemental life with AD&D, short and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, parental leave, legal services and more. We want our employees to save for their future, therefore we offer a 401(k) Retirement Plan, which includes a matching component. DLH is dedicated to your career development, providing training to help drive success, with access to our best-in-class e-Learning suite for formal and informal learning, professional and technical certification preparation, and education assistance at accredited institutions.

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EEO

Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply. DLH Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

DLH will provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities and disabled Veterans who need assistance to apply.