Database Developer

At Phoenix Defense, our team members have incredible opportunities to work on state-of-the-art modeling and simulation programs that prepare the nation’s armed forces to protect and serve our country and allies throughout the world. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage, and an entrepreneurial spirit to join forces to create the future while having fun along the way.  Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.

With every job we fill, our focus is on providing best in class service to our customers while offering the opportunity for professional growth in a rewarding and innovative work environment. We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated professional to fill the position of Database Developer.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

You will report up through the Engineering Management team and perform database design, update, integration and testing to satisfy project requirements.  Additionally, this position will be assigned other projects or tasks in alignment with the level and scope of the position. This position will work remotely as an extension to our Orlando, FL software development team.

As a Database Developer, responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:

• Work together in a small team of software professionals within an Agile development environment to accomplish team milestones while collaborating with other teams to achieve project strategic goals; With everyone working in concert to create the best product possible.


• Be part of shaping the design, processes, and tools used for the project knowing we value entrepreneurship and ‘out of the box’ thinking.


• Be comfortable being yourself and expressing your personality and personal qualities to influence our tight-knit software development teams.


• Participate in brainstorming, consensus building and other team activities to identify actions that improve our products and processes.

• Implement and monitor database architectures and provide system documentation.


• Support backups and restores of the database.


• Provide database monitoring and performance tuning.


• Develop and maintain stored procedures, triggers, table DDL, constraints and views.


• Perform Problem Ticket activity through the complete life cycle from planning to test.


• All forms of data manipulation, migrating data into and out of the database.


• Work in an Agile Development Environment using the Atlassian tool set.


• Participate in government and industry teams in the resolution of data issues.


• Establish and support data management tools, plans and processes.


• Work closely with other engineering teams in support of the software development and deployment.


• Domestic and International travel to Military Installations in support of the Program activities may be required. (<10%)

ABOUT YOU:

You are someone who effectively exceeds customer needs by building productive relationships and taking responsibility for customer satisfaction and loyalty.  You actively participate as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals while producing quality outcomes. You take great pride in proactively managing time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently while accomplishing objectives and achieving goals beyond what is required.
 
At Phoenix Defense, we hire innovative, forward-thinking problem-solvers who love what they do!  In addition to possessing the ability to live out our core values daily, candidates must possess the following requirements:

•  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field required.


• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years’ experience in the software development industry or simulation experience. 


•  Experience using Microsoft Office Products such as PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook.


• Experience with PostgreSQL


• Knowledge of database queries, theory and design.


• Experience configuring and designing database models


• Experience supporting backups, restores, and disaster recovery of the system.


• Experience resolving issues related to database accessibility and performance


• Experience working in an Agile development environment


• Able to perform database queries and perform routine maintenance, recovery and handling failovers


• Experience using configuration management tools


• Highly proficient written and oral communication skills

• Holds a current minimum DOD Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.


• Due to the nature of work performed within this facility, U.S. citizenship is required.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Oracle databases


• DBA certification


• DOD Top Secret Clearance