Sr. Database Architect

The Database Engineer / Senior Database Architect will provide senior-level technical expertise to support the design, performance, security, scalability, and sustainment of the GEOMAP data environment. This role serves as a reach-back subject matter expert supporting database architecture, data engineering, data stewardship, troubleshooting, modernization, and integration activities across cloud-hosted mission systems. The Database Engineer will work closely with cloud, DevSecOps, software, testing, and production support teams to ensure reliable, secure, and high-performing data services supporting Air Force geospatial capabilities. *This position is contingent based upon contract award.* Responsibilities Provide senior-level database engineering and architecture support for GEOMAP applications, services, and associated data environments. Design, review, and optimize database architectures to support performance, scalability, availability, and maintainability in cloud-hosted environments. Support administration, tuning, troubleshooting, and sustainment of relational and non-relational database platforms. Analyze complex database performance issues, data integrity concerns, and recurring operational problems and recommend durable corrective actions. Support database design activities for new features, enhancements, technical refresh efforts, and modernization initiatives. Collaborate with software engineers, cloud engineers, DevSecOps engineers, testers, and support personnel to ensure effective integration between application and data layers. Assist with database migration, schema updates, data transformation, backup and recovery planning, and environment synchronization activities. Support development and refinement of data models, metadata, database standards, and data management best practices. Contribute to release planning, deployment support, and validation activities for database-related changes across development, test, and production environments. Review and recommend approaches for database security, access controls, auditing, encryption, vulnerability remediation, and compliance alignment. Develop and maintain technical documentation including architecture diagrams, data flow descriptions, operating procedures, and database support artifacts. Provide reach-back support for surge requirements, high-priority investiga