Database Engineer

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Database Engineers in Appians Public Sector Customer Success department build the scalable foundation behind mission-critical systems that power the worlds most demanding enterprises and government organizations.

Location: McLean VA Work Model: In-Office / Hybrid

About the Team

Appians 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. We empower government organizations to modernize legacy systems using AI-Powered Process Automation and Enterprise-Grade Orchestration ensuring seamless data access at scale.

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.

What Youll Do

• Design and develop database architectures and data models to support the customers contract requirements by working closely with the Appian team to build logical and physical data models.
• Analyze legacy database structures to identify incompatibilities data type mismatches and migration risks before moving workloads to the cloud.
• Convert legacy stored procedures triggers views and functions into target-compatible languages (such as PL/SQL or SQL) rewriting logic.
• Identify and update hardcoded SQL queries within application source code to ensure compatibility with the new database engine.
• Establish ETL functions to clean transform and transport legacy data into the new application environment.
• Configure implement and monitor enterprise database clusters
• Tune database objects for performance and create indices on tables as needed.
• Integrate existing and new database objects into CI/CD pipelines to improve code reliability and consistency.
• Set up source control for database architecture code stored procedures and ETL objects.
• Develop complex data generation scripts used for automated functional and performance testing efforts.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree: B.S. or B.A. in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems Mathematics or a related technical field. (Note: Degree is strictly required).
• Experience: 1 years of professional experience in data engineering including hands-on experience designing planning and implementing tables views stored procedures and functions.
• Core Technical Skills: Deep proficiency in both relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL database technologies along with mastery of query languages including SQL MQL and CQL.
• Database Platforms: Professional experience designing planning and implementing new stored procedures views tables and functions specified by business requirements.
• Core Technical 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.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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. Continuous learning is a central focus at Appian with dedicated mentorship and the First-Friend program being widely utilized resources for new hires.
• Growth Opportunities: Appian provides a diverse array of growth and development opportunities including our leadership program tailored for new and aspiring managers a comprehensive library of specialized department training through Appian University skills based training and tuition reimbursement for those aiming to advance their education. This commitment ensures that employees have access to a holistic range of development opportunities.
• Community: Well immerse you into our community rooted in respect starting on day one. Appian fosters inclusivity through our 8 employee-led affinity groups. These groups help employees build stronger internal and external networks by planning social educational and outreach activities to connect with Appianites and larger initiatives throughout the company.

Benefits

Appian offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health wellbeing and financial future. Benefits may include health coverage Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support life and disability insurance an Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) a retirement/pension plan wellness dollars tuition reimbursement family-forming benefits and more. Benefits vary by countryplease ask your Talent Acquisition contact for details specific to the location you are applying to.

About Appian

Appian provides AI automation for mission-critical work. We automate complex processes in large enterprises and governments. Our platform is known for its unique reliability and scale. Weve been automating processes for more than 25 years and understand enterprise operations like no one else. For more information visit . Nasdaq: APPN

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