Database Developer at Logistics Management Institute
Tysons, VA
$110,000–$180,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Tysons, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A database developer role supporting federal government systems, focused on designing and maintaining relational database schemas, tuning SQL performance, managing cloud and on-premise data migrations, and ensuring compliance with federal security standards such as FISMA and FedRAMP. The work sits within Agile/DevSecOps teams and spans the full database lifecycle — from architecture and high availability planning to monitoring, incident analysis, and documentation. Suits mid-level database professionals comfortable with AWS environments and federal compliance requirements.
Mid level · 3+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database administrators). range 7–30
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $111,141 (middle half $94,381–$144,959). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (6)
The role blends database administration (backups, patching, recovery, monitoring) with database development (schema design, data modeling, SQL tuning), making it a genuine hybrid. 15-1242 Database Administrators was chosen as primary because operational DBA tasks (maintenance, HA/DR, migrations, incident response) are prominently featured; 15-1243 Database Architects is the close runner-up given the data modeling and architecture documentation responsibilities.
The 3–7 year experience range maps to Mid seniority; the upper end of the range and the breadth of responsibilities could support Senior, but the lower bound and absence of explicit senior-level scope language kept the band at Mid.
Clearance: the JD states applicants must 'obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.' A Public Trust is a federal suitability determination, not a national security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None. The requirement is noted here for hiring managers — candidates must be eligible for and willing to undergo a GSA Public Trust background investigation.
The 'data modeling' skill is listed under Required Qualifications as part of 'SQL optimization, performance tuning, and data modeling' — it is a named discipline but not a specific tool; it is included because it is a concrete, assessable technical competency central to this role.
Monitoring tools are mentioned in Required Qualifications only as 'familiarity with monitoring tools and methodologies' with no specific product named, so no monitoring-tool skill was emitted.
AWS RDS and Aurora appear under Preferred Qualifications as examples of 'AWS database services'; they are listed as preferred with RDS as primary and Aurora in alternatives.
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