Senior Database Engineer at Belay Technologies
Annapolis Junction, MD
$168,000–$240,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Annapolis Junction, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level database engineering role supporting data modernization efforts for a defense-focused environment. The work centers on ingesting structured data from spreadsheets and enterprise sources, building transformation and ETL-style workflows (including JSON conversion), and integrating operational data into Pega-based systems across domains such as finance, HR, and logistics. The role suits an experienced, self-directed engineer holding an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Senior level · 5+ years · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,863 (middle half $104,590–$179,359). 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 (8)
The degree requirement is effectively None: the JD accepts 10 years of experience in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so no degree is a hard gate.
TS/SCI with polygraph is an explicit hard gate listed in the required qualifications.
Total experience minimum is 5 years (with a degree); 10 years substitutes for the degree — 5 years is used as the overall years minimum.
Python and PowerShell are listed together as interchangeable scripting options; Python is named first with PowerShell as an alternative.
Pega appears in the responsibilities and role description as context for the integration environment but is not listed as a required qualification — treated as preferred.
The 'Candidates are desired to have' section contains only soft/behavioral skills with no named technologies, so no additional preferred technical skills were extracted from it.
The role blends database engineering (ingestion, transformation, ETL-style workflows) with some data architecture/integration work, making 15-1243 (Database Architects) the best fit, with 15-1242 (Database Administrators) as a close runner-up given the operational database support duties.
Requires a TS/SCI 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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