Appian Corporation
Lead Database Engineer
McLean, Virginia · Senior
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$14,630 more — $139,630 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $139,630 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Database Administrators" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- We empower government organizations to modernize legacy systems using AI-Powered Process Automation and Enterprise-Grade Orchestration, ensuring seamless data access at scale.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop database architectures and data models to support the customer's contract requirements by working closely with the Appian team to build logical and physical data models.
- Configure, implement, and monitor enterprise database clusters
- Tune database objects for performance, and create indices on tables as needed.
- Develop complex data generation scripts used for automated functional and performance testing efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree: B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related technical field. (Note: Degree is strictly required).
- Core Technical Skills: Deep proficiency in both relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL database technologies, along with mastery of query languages including SQL, MQL, and CQL.
- Core Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL database languages including SQL, MQL, CQL, etc.
- Security & Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance (or ability to obtain).
Nice to have
- Cloud & Security Certifications: AWS Certified Database Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CompTIA Security+, or platform-specific certifications from Oracle or Microsoft.
- Migration Expertise: Demonstrated experience migrating complex schemas across database engines (e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL/MariaDB or SQL Server to MySQL).
- DevOps & Code: Familiarity with Python, Java, C#, XML, JSON, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and RHEL8.
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- Tools and Resources
- Training and Development: During onboarding, we focus on equipping new hires with the skills and knowledge for success through department-specific training.
- This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
- Community: We'll immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one.
Skills
- Strong proficiency in both SQL and NoSQL database languages including SQL, MQL, CQL, etc.
- Hands-on experience technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, MariaDB, Postgres, Oracle and AWS Cloud, Snowflake, Data Bricks.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance (or ability to obtain).
- Must be a U.S. Citizen (required for Public Sector efforts).
- Willingness to travel up to 10% annually for customer engagement.
- Core
- Security & Clearance: Active DoD Secret Clearance (or ability to obtain). Must be a U.S. Citizen (required for Public Sector efforts).
- Travel: Willingness to travel up to 10% annually for customer engagement.
Compensation
- $125,000 - $250,000 USD
Benefits
- Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future.
- Benefits vary by country-please ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.
Company info
- Appian's Customer Success Public Sector team builds mission driven solutions that ensure peak performance, high availability, and data security for key Department of War (DoW) initiatives.
- The Opportunity
- As a Database Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain a complex data architecture to support our long-term DoW efforts.
- With extensive experience with Relational Database Management Services (RDMS) and NoSQL databases, you will architect a data architecture for the program that will be capable of handling extremely large datasets, migrate legacy data into the modern architecture, and ensure high availability and performance for the systems being implemented.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer that strives to attract and retain the best talent.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at ReasonableAccommodations@appian.com.
- Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizen (required for Public Sector efforts)
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