Oracle Database Engineer
Synergy ECP · Columbia
$120,000–$240,000from the description
Jul 26, 2026
Columbia
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Database Engineer role focused on administering and optimizing Oracle database environments in support of U.S. intelligence and defense missions. Day-to-day work involves SQL and PL/SQL development, backup and recovery using Oracle RMAN, performance tuning, and database migrations and upgrades on Linux-based systems. The role suits an experienced Oracle DBA comfortable working across software, systems, and infrastructure teams in a secure, high-availability setting.
Senior level · 5+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · 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 $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 (8)
The title is 'Database Engineer' but the day-to-day work described (DBA administration, RMAN backup/recovery, performance tuning, migrations, patching) maps most closely to Database Administrators (15-1242). The design and architecture language ('designing, implementing') creates some ambiguity with Database Architects (15-1243), hence the alternate code.
The posting states 5 years of experience with a degree OR 10 years without. Because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, the degree requirement is set to None.
The overall years minimum is set to 5 (the lower bound when a degree is held). The 10-year figure applies only to candidates without a degree.
The CWIP IAT Level 1 requirement is a DoD 8570 baseline certification requirement (e.g., CompTIA Security+). It is a compliance/clearance-adjacent credential rather than a named technology skill and is not emitted as a skill.
Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) appears under Preferred Qualifications and is a certification, not a technology skill — omitted from the skills list.
The compensation range of $120,000–$240,000/year is unusually wide; the posting explicitly notes it may go above the stated maximum for exceptional candidates.
The role is headquartered in Columbia, MD (Baltimore–Columbia–Towson CBSA), but given the U.S. intelligence/defense community focus and the TS/SCI w/ Polygraph requirement, the work location is likely in the greater Washington DC metro area. CBSA is set to Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (47900) as the most probable work site; this is a judgement call.
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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