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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Database Developer - **Company:** General Dynamics Information Technology - **Location:** Ashburn, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $81,349.0 - $109,250.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, JIRA, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Manipulation Languages, Data Migration, Data Profiling, IBM DB2, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Scripting, Git, Pyspark, Cloudwatch, Kibana, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Dynatrace, Databricks - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://gdit.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Career_Site/job/USA-VA-Ashburn/SQL-Database-Developer----CBP-public-trust-preferred_RQ221461-1/apply ## About the Role Candidate must be a US Citizen and able to obtain a CBP public trust. Candidates that have the following clearances CBP/ICE/USCIS Public Trust, or a Top Secret will gain reciprocity Candidate must be local to the National Capital Region, * Bachelor's degree plus 5+ years in database development roles * Experience in data profiling, cleansing, reporting, data staging, ETL jobs * Strong experience creating complex SQL in complex data environments * Strong experience troubleshooting, tuning SQL and writing performance queries * Experience in writing DDL, DML and DCL * Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL database development * Experience writing Python scripts * Experience with Git/version control * AWS experience including data migration, validation, data pipelines, CloudWatch, Kibana and Dynatrace * Ability to learn new tools quickly as needed to provide new ideas for solving problems * Ability and desire to work with other program staff and customers to reach design decisions within given constraints * Excellent diplomacy and communication skills with both clients and technical staff Preferred Skills and Experience: * Experience working with federal government clients * Experience with Oracle/DB2/SQLServer/MySQl/Terradata * Experience with Databricks, PySpark, Liquibase, DMS * Experience in database administration * Experience with Agile methodology and use of Jira for tracking * Must be willing to learn DB2 if not already a skill set, Years of Experience 3 + years of related experience * may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree Certification ## Description Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation's safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats., The Database Developer will work with a team of database developers and database administrators to support an active program of application development - creating new structures, updating existing ones and managing data within large, complex databases. 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