GIS Database Engineer

Job ID: 2615274
Location: Vienna, VA, US
Date Posted: 2026-08-04
Category: Information Technology
Subcategory: Database Engr
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI_wPoly
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
Overview
SAIC is hiring a Database Engineer to design and implement enterprise geospatial database solutions supporting mission-critical applications. You will guide customers through data management strategies and implement secure, scalable environments.
Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, high-availability database solutions.
• Collaborate across the entire implementation lifecycle.
• Configure and maintain enterprise DB environments (backup, restore, HA/DR).
• Monitor performance and tune databases (query optimization, indexing).
• Implement security controls and compliance standards.
• Automate routine tasks for efficiency.
• Provide technical guidance for migrations, integrations, and enterprise architectures.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI is required to be considered for this role.
• Willing and able to pass a polygraph.
• 5+ years of hands-on database design/administration for Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SAP HANA.
• Experience with loading strategies, backup/recovery, performance tuning, security.
• SQL and Python scripting experience.
• Knowledge of Linux/Unix/Windows.
• Exposure to geospatial concepts (spatial data types, indexing, coordinate systems).
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Bachelor's in CS, Math, GIS, or STEM.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise geodatabases.
• Security+ certification.
• Knowledge integrating GIS with enterprise systems.
• Industry certifications (Esri, CompTIA, Microsoft, Amazon, PostgreSQL, Oracle).

Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is a premier technology integrator providing full life cycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, intelligence, and enterprise information technology markets. SAIC is Redefining Ingenuity through its deep customer and domain knowledge to enable the delivery of systems engineering and integration offerings for large, complex projects. SAIC's approximately 15,000 employees are driven by integrity and mission focus to serve customers in the U.S. federal government. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $4.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see .