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Database Engineering, Advisor

Pay
$135,000–216,000/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
Target Salary Range $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
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Employment
Full-time — employment source
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Before you apply

Work authorization
Citizens onlyActive TS/SCI clearance

What you’ll work on

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  • Design, build and maintain database systems, including modeling and relational architecture

  • Write and tune SQL queries, stored procedures and triggers for performance

  • Implement backup and database replication solutions

  • Develop and maintain Ansible automation to patch systems with minimal downtime

  • Build and maintain shell script tooling for database and operations needs

From the employer’s posting
designs, develops, builds, analyzes, evaluates, and installs database management systems
Writes and tunes SQL queries, stored procedures and triggers for performance and scalability
Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions
design, develop, and maintain Ansible automation artifacts used to patch and update operational assets, with minimal downtime
develop, design, and maintain shell script driven systems and tooling in support of both database management and other operational needs

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • 8+ years of experience with a bachelor's degree (6 with MS, 3 with PhD)
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Hands-on experience troubleshooting master-master database replication
  • Deep expertise in UNIX/Linux shell scripting
  • Experience patching Linux and Windows systems, OS and application level
Qualification wording
Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
Active TS/SCI clearance
Direct experience troubleshooting and repairing database replication issues in a master-master replication scheme
Deep expertise in UNIX/Linux shell scripting, including advanced automation and tooling
Experience patching Linux and Windows systems including OS and application level patches
Education & alternatives
Qualifications - Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD - Active TS/SCI clearance

Tools in this posting

  • Shell
  • SQL
Source — Tool mentions in context
Responsibilities This is a multi-discipline role, encompassing database engineering (primary) as well as software development and some systems administration functions. The candidate designs, develops, builds, analyzes, evaluates, and installs database management systems to include database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation and configuration management. Writes and tunes SQL queries, stored procedures and triggers for performance and scalability. Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions. The candidate will design, develop, and maintain Ansible automation artifacts used to patch and update operational assets, with minimal downtime. In addition to Ansible, the candidate will develop, design, and maintain shell script driven systems and tooling in support of both database management and other operational needs. Qualifications
- Direct experience troubleshooting and repairing database replication issues in a master-master replication scheme - Deep expertise in UNIX/Linux shell scripting, including advanced automation and tooling - Domain knowledge of enterprise level, multi-site joint planning systems as well as practical knowledge of the Experience architecture of such systems.

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Open 5 monthsWe first saw this posting 162 days ago and it is still up. Roles open this long are often slow to fill or kept open to collect applications.

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Jun 4, 2026162 days ago
Recorded sightings
155
Last seen by us
Nov 13, 2026

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How this job compares

Pay

In line with similar jobs

$135K–$216K against $127K–$190K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

From 2,239 postings in the last year. Stated ranges, not salaries paid.

Time since we first saw it

Day 162

Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 56.

Well past Peraton’s usual: its jobs come down by about day 42.

From 13,630 similar postings that came down, and 266 of Peraton’s. Coming down is not always a hire.

Peraton is hiring

110 open jobs

Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.

  • Data Engineer hiring is picking up
  • Takes jobs down at a usual pace
  • 6% of open jobs were reposted
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Has Peraton posted this job before?

Yes. We’ve followed one other Database Engineering, Advisor job there since October 2026. It is still up.

  1. This jobUp 162 days so far, first seen Jun 4
  2. UnavailableStill up after 17 days, first seen Oct 28

Demand for Data Engineer roles

New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new Data Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 860, the most 1,354, and the latest week had 1,335.
August 17Last week

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About the role

We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.

Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.

An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.

US government figures for database architects

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$139,500
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.

Job description

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Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

This is a multi-discipline role, encompassing database engineering (primary) as well as software development and some systems administration functions. The candidate designs, develops, builds, analyzes, evaluates, and installs database management systems to include database modeling and design, relational database architecture, metadata and repository creation and configuration management. Writes and tunes SQL queries, stored procedures and triggers for performance and scalability. Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions. The candidate will design, develop, and maintain Ansible automation artifacts used to patch and update operational assets, with minimal downtime. In addition to Ansible, the candidate will develop, design, and maintain shell script driven systems and tooling in support of both database management and other operational needs.

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Experience patching Linux and Windows systems including OS and application level patches
  • Direct experience troubleshooting and repairing database replication issues in a master-master replication scheme
  • Deep expertise in UNIX/Linux shell scripting, including advanced automation and tooling
  • Domain knowledge of enterprise level, multi-site joint planning systems as well as practical knowledge of the Experience architecture of such systems.

 

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

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Pay
Target Salary Range $135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
Location & working pattern

Landover, MD

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