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Lead Database Engineer

Appian Corporation - US💼 Full-time💰 $125,000–$125,000🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, and maintain complex data architectures for mission-critical government systems, migrating legacy data and ensuring high availability.

Role type

Senior Database Engineer (Public Sector)

Builds

Scalable data foundations for Department of War initiatives and government modernization projects

Domain

Public Sector / Government / Enterprise Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), NoSQL databases, SQL, MQL, CQL, data modeling, ETL, database migration, performance tuning, CI/CD integration

Preferred skills

Cloud database certifications, cross-platform migration expertise, Python, Java, Jenkins, Azure DevOps

Technologies

Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, Postgres, Oracle, AWS Cloud, Snowflake, Data Bricks, RHEL8

Responsibilities

Design logical and physical data models, analyze legacy structures for migration risks, convert stored procedures and triggers, update hardcoded SQL queries, establish ETL functions, configure and monitor database clusters, tune database objects and indices, integrate database objects into CI/CD pipelines, develop data generation scripts for testing

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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