Impactful Work: Your work here will directly support the Department of the Air Force in advancing defense technology. You’ll be at the forefront of innovations, creating new paradigms for providing access to compute power, modeling and simulation tools, and data sharing across organizations to the Department of the Air Force and broader Department of Defense.
Position Summary
KBR is seeking a motivated and technically capable Database Engineer to support the development, deployment, and sustainment of the GEMSTONE platform. The Database Engineer will support the design, implementation, administration, automation, and optimization of mission-critical data services that enable platform operations, user applications, digital engineering workflows, analytics, warfighter AI/ML capabilities, and cross-organizational data sharing. The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, platform engineers, DevSecOps engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and government stakeholders to ensure scalable, secure, and performant data management solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, configure, and maintain relational, non-relational, distributed, and/or leaderless database solutions supporting GEMSTONE platform services and applications across multiple versions.
Support deployment and sustainment of databases used by microservices in containerized Kubernetes environments.
Assist with database schema design, data modeling, indexing strategies, and query optimization.
Develop automated database provisioning, backup, recovery, replication, and migration capabilities using Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines.
Support implementation of data governance, audit logging, access control, and cybersecurity requirements.
Monitor database health, performance, storage utilization, and availability.
Troubleshoot database performance, connectivity, and operational issues.
Assist software engineering teams with database integration and API-driven data access patterns.
Support data persistence requirements for user applications, digital engineering artifacts, simulation outputs, and platform services.
Participate in DevSecOps, Agile, and CI/CD activities.
Contribute to technical documentation, architecture products, and operational procedures.
Support deployment of solutions across cloud, hybrid, and potentially disconnected operational environments.
Work Environment
Location: Onsite or hybrid-Dayton, OH
Travel Requirements: None
Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related technical discipline.Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret security clearance
1–5 years of professional experience supporting database technologies.
Experience with one or more relational database platforms
PostgreSQL, MySQL/MariaDB, or MSSQL
Experience with NoSQL databases such as
MongoDB, Couchbase, RavenDB, or Firestore
Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
Redis, Valkey, or Memcached
FoundationDB, CockroachDB, TiKV, or YugabyteDB
Experience with Distributed Consensus and Replication.
Experience writing and optimizing SQL queries.
Experience
Understanding of database design principles, normalization, and data modeling.
Familiarity with Linux operating systems.
Basic scripting experience in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
Desired
Experience with ETL processes and how databases play a role.
Experience with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
Familiarity with databases hosted by AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Experience supporting distributed microservice architectures.
Understanding of API-driven systems and data integration patterns.
Understanding and implementation of the Transactional Outbox pattern.
Experience with
PostgreSQL scaling and replication
High-availability database architectures
Exposure to DevSecOps practices and CI/CD tools.
Familiarity with digital engineering, MBSE, M&S, analytics, or AI/ML environments.
Understanding of NIST RMF, STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
Experience supporting observability platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Loki.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
