Remote Database Architect

Remote Database Architect

Clearance: Secret

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team's passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage.

About the Role:

Aquila is seeking a Remote Database Architect to join our team in supporting one of the country's premier defense research organizations. We are seeking a forward-thinking Database Architect Engineer to contribute to the analytics and management of data solutions. The engineer would be responsible for maintaining data quality, developing data models & inferred analytics, and will contribute to the management of the data infrastructure.

There are a few requirements for the position:

• Must be a U.S Citizen (Green Cards / Visas do not qualify)
• Willingness to undergo a comprehensive background investigation and maintain a personal security clearance. Will need to have secret clearance already for this position. (Aquila would sponsor you for the security clearance.)
• This position can work 100% remote, with the expectation of travel to Lexington MA on an as needed basis.

What You'll Do:

Plans and installs upgrades of database management system software to enhance database performance. Demonstrates database technical functionality, such as performance, security and reliability. Identify and correct deviations from database development standards. Creates and enforces database development standards. Sets up database clusters, backup, or recovery processes. Documents and communicates database schemas, using accepted notations. Develops or maintains archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications. Develops load-balancing processes to eliminate down time for backup processes. Develops data models for applications, metadata tables, views or related database structures. Tests changes to database applications or systems. Provides technical support to junior staff or clients. Identifies, evaluates and recommends hardware or software technologies to achieve desired database performance. Monitors and reports systems resource consumption trends to assure production systems meet availability requirements and hardware enhancements are scheduled appropriately. Designs databases to support business applications, ensuring system scalability, security, performance and reliability. Designs database applications, such as interfaces, data transfer mechanisms, global temporary tables, data partitions, and function-based indexes to enable efficient access of the generic database structure. Collaborates with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand business or industry requirements. Develops database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to address business or industry requirements. Develops and documents database architectures.

Must Have:

• 10 years Data Analysis
• 10 years Databasing (SQL or NoSQL)
• 5 years R, Python, SQL, and Machine Language Algorithms and Data Analysis.
• 8 years System Analysis
• Bachelor's Degree
• Currently holds a Secret Clearance (OR a higher clearance)
• 2 years GIT/GITHUB

Nice to Have:

• Automated analysis
• Big Data Analysis
• Business Intelligence Tools such as Domo/Tableau/Looker/SAP/PowerBI Cloud Platforms
• Databases and Data Engineering for Big Data
• Design Patterns, Data Structures, Functional Programming Principles
• Large data processing
• Modeling and Simulation
• SAP HANA
• SAP Analytics Cloud
• JavaScript Development

Our interview process is designed to let you get to know us as much as for us to get to know you!

You'll meet with someone from our Recruiting team so we can learn more about you and answer some of your questions.

You'll meet with the Hiring Manager to learn more about the team, and the role, and get to tell us more about what you'd bring to the team

You'll meet team members who will be your peers to help you get a feel for a "real day in the life" at Self.

Benefits and Perks:

Aquila team members experience the opportunity to be part of a fast-paced, customer-focused, and technically innovative work environment. Aquila strives to deliver the best of the best in technical services to our customers. Candidates that possess a love for technical challenges, a desire to constantly learn, and the desire to establish themselves as critical players within a team will enjoy calling Aquila Technology home.


Our Perks Include:

• PTO - 15 days (vacation/sick) 10 paid holidays - 6 standard (New Year's, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas) - 4 floating holidays prorated based on your day of hire
• 1.5 paid days, or 12 hours, for approved volunteer work
• 1 week of paid maternity/paternity LOA after 1 year of Full-time employment
• Tuition & Training Reimbursement - 5K annually for pre-approved, job-related tuition, certification, or professional conferences

• 401K with Fidelity 100% immediate vesting; Plan eligibility begins 90 days following the date of hire. Aquila matches 100% the first 3%, then 50% on the next 2%. It ends up calculating to be total 4%, company matches when an employee at least contributes at 5%.

• Cell Phone & Internet Reimbursed up to $150 monthly to cover cell phone, data, and home internet expenses.
• Buy Your Own Device (BYOD) Allowance Reimbursed up to $1500 for the purchase of a qualified technology device. Eligible after 90 days of employment, and benefit renews every three years.

Location: Remote : This position can work 100% remote, with the expectation of travel to Lexington MA on an as needed basis.

Work Schedule: FULL-TIME
. Travel: None
Clearance: Secret
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.