Washington, DCremote

Salary
$241,280
Posted
Jul 28, 2026
Location
Washington, DC
Last confirmed open
Jul 29, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A Database Architect role supporting the VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program, focused on designing logical and physical database schemas, migrating legacy health data to new EHR platforms, and optimizing database performance. The position requires working with healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR) and delivering ETL scripts, design documentation, and testing reports. Suits a database professional with healthcare IT experience, ideally with Cerner/Oracle Health familiarity.

Mid level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required

Must have (6)
SQLdatabase performance tuningHL7FHIRdatabase securityETL
Nice to have (1)
Cerner

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 120 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 35–180

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
HL72%FHIR2%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
SQL90%ETL62%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (5)

The role is titled 'Database Architect' and the deliverables emphasize design documentation and data modeling, pointing to 15-1243 (Database Architects). However, the qualifications also describe administration tasks (backup, recovery, tuning), making 15-1242 (Database Administrators) a plausible alternative.

The clearance requirement is 'Public Trust / Moderate Risk' — this is a federal suitability determination, not a national security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None.

Remote work is listed as 'Contingent Upon Award,' meaning the remote option depends on contract award — the role may ultimately require on-site presence in Washington, D.C. or Kansas.

Cerner (Oracle Health) experience is explicitly described as 'strongly preferred' rather than required, so it is marked as preferred.

No compensation figures are provided in the posting.

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