Database Developer/Architect

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a Database Developer and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT

As a Database Developer, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of our cloud‑modernization customer supporting large‑scale enterprise transformation initiatives. You will play a crucial role in architecting, modernizing, and optimizing both cloud‑native and traditional relational databases to support secure, performant, and mission‑critical data operations.

Use your skills in the design, migration, and optimization of hybrid data architectures that integrate cloud database services with legacy relational systems such as DB2, Informix and MySQL

● Collaborate with cloud engineers, application developers, data modelers, and cybersecurity teams to align database solutions with mission requirements, performance targets, and security standards

● Drive database modernization efforts by implementing automation, resolving complex data integration challenges, and introducing innovative solutions to support cloud adoption and mission resiliency

Utilize Oracle, AWS and Azure cloud database services (RDS, Aurora, Azure SQL), Informix, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other relational and NoSQL platforms, along with data modeling techniques, SQL scripting, database performance tuning, and DevSecOps practices

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Bring your technology expertise and drive for innovation to GDIT. The Database Developer must have:

● Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT ,software engineering or equivalent experience

Preferred Technical Training, Certification(s): Azure Database Engineer, AWS Certified Database Engineers

● Experience: 3+  years of related experience

● Technical skills: experience with cloud database platforms, Informix and MySQL administration, SQL,PL/SQL development, data modeling, performance tuning, database security, and data migration across hybrid environments. Familiarity with languages like Python, Java, or C# that integrate with databases. Experience supporting legacy-to-cloud migrations or enterprise modernization initiatives is preferred

● Security clearance level: Must be able to pass a background investigation for Public Trust suitability.

● Role requirements: Remote, with limited travel

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

● Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

● Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

● Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

● Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home

● Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

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