Database Engineer (Access) - Depot
Centurum · San Diego, CA
$115,066–$133,203
Jul 13, 2026
San Diego, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A database engineering role focused on designing, developing, and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server and MS Access solutions for a defense contractor in San Diego. Day-to-day work involves T-SQL development, stored procedures, ETL, reporting services, VBA-based automation, and some ASP.NET web development. Candidates must hold or be eligible for a Secret DoD security clearance.
Mid level · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
Pay in the description: $55.32–$64.04/hr
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $109,169 (middle half $74,902–$143,702). 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 (9)
The role title is 'Database Engineer (Access)' with no seniority level in the title; advertised seniority is Unspecified. The scope (schema design, stored procedures, ETL, reporting, web development) suggests a Mid-level practitioner rather than a clearly Senior or Junior one.
This role blends database administration/engineering with application development (ASP.NET, VBA, ETL), making it a genuine hybrid between 15-1242 (Database Administrators) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The title and primary framing lean toward database engineering, so 15-1242 is the primary code.
DAO and ADO are listed together as a single data-access requirement; DAO is named as primary with ADO in alternatives since they serve the same function in the MS Access/VBA context.
'Visual Studio 2022/Dev Ops' appears to reference both Visual Studio 2022 and Azure DevOps as separate tools; both are captured as distinct required skills.
SSRS (Reporting Services) and SSIS (Integration Services) are listed under the required SQL Server Administration/Development block and are captured by their canonical acronyms.
SEI CMMI ML 2 or 3 experience is listed under Preferred Skills and is marked accordingly.
An active or obtainable Secret DoD security clearance is explicitly required ('required to have and maintain').
No overall years-of-experience figure is stated; 'significant experience' is qualitative and not mapped to a specific number.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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