Database Engineer / Team Lead

Overview

Nakupuna Consulting seeks a Database Engineer Team Lead with supervisory and leadership experience who will be responsible for maintaining and end enhancing mission critical datasets for our Department of Defense (DoD) customer(s). The candidate will lead a team of 3 - 4 Database Administrators and Engineers, collaborating with both contractor and government civilian professionals, to accomplish database and data architecture priorities set by the customer. The candidate should be familiar with Agile project methodologies, able to work with a geographically dispersed workforce, and be comfortable communicating with a variety of IT professionals including technicians, end-users, and executive level stakeholders. This position demands knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server administration and development as well as the ability to quickly learn and implement new technologies as the customer migrates into managed database services.

Responsibilities

The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign additional duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.

Leadership Responsibilities :

• Work closely with the customer and database team to establish team tasks and priorities.
• Serve as technical lead for a team of 3-4 database administrators and engineers to fulfill customer priorities.
• Enforce project best-practices, including ensuring all work is documented, approved, and properly reported.
• Collaborate with the customer and other IT functional teams to ensure database requirements are being communicated and fulfilled.
• Advise stakeholders on suggested COAs, roadmaps, and compliance improvements as required.
• Create white-papers, PowerPoint presentations, and workflow diagrams to facilitate communication and documentation needs.
• Supervise 3-4 database administrators / engineers. Supervisor duties include annual goal setting, frequent professional development conversations, coaching / mentorship, performance assessments.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve inefficient processes, and train IT administrators on database related activities.

Database Engineering Responsibilities :

Qualifications

Skills / Qualifications : Excellent technical, organizational, decision-making, analytical, and planning skills. Effective communicator who takes initiative and the ability to adapt to dynamic environments. In addition, the following technical skills are needed :

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Clearance Requirements : Must currently have at least a Secret level security clearance. Must be a . citizen.

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Physical Requirements :   The ideal candidate must at a minimum be able to meet the following physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation :

The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges commensurate with multiple factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, and position location. The projected compensation range for this position is $120,000.00 to $150,000.00 (annualized USD). The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Nakupuna Companies total compensation package for employees.