Database Engineer (Remote Opportunity)
VetsEZ · Tampa, FL
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Jul 19, 2026
Tampa, FL
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A fully remote database engineering role on a federal healthcare project serving the Department of Veterans Affairs. The work centers on designing, administering, and tuning PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases across both AWS and Azure environments, including backup, disaster recovery, and replication strategies. The role suits an experienced database professional comfortable with cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code tools, and Agile or DevSecOps delivery teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 880 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 370–1,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role blends database administration (backup/recovery, replication, monitoring, performance tuning) with database architecture/design work, making it a genuine 15-1242 vs. 15-1243 call; 15-1242 was chosen because operational DBA duties dominate the responsibilities list.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
The posting requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Public Trust clearance but does not gate on holding an active clearance at time of hire, so clearance is not flagged as required.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or an equivalent discipline' with no explicit equivalent-experience substitution, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
Java and Python appear together under 'Proficiency with one or more programming languages such as Java or Python' in the Requirements section — Java is listed as primary with Python as an alternative.
Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible appear together as named examples of IaC/automation tools in the Requirements section; all three are captured as alternatives of one another.
SAFe, MongoDB, PostGIS, and certifications (AWS, Azure, MongoDB) appear under 'Additional Qualifications' and are treated as preferred.
The role is 100% remote but candidates must reside within the continental United States (CONUS).
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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