Database Application Engineer (Oracle/PostgreSQL)

Location: Hybrid remote schedule with occasional onsite support in Suitland, MD, approximately once or twice per month. Candidates must be United States citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance. Standard business hours align with the Eastern Time Zone.

Salary: $110,000–$130,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is a federal contractor delivering engineering and technology solutions for critical missions, with a focus on innovation, transformation, and complex technical challenges.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain database-centric features for Java/Spring Boot services, Angular workflows, Oracle APEX, batch processes, integrations, and Cognos analytics.
• Develop Oracle SQL/PL/SQL and PostgreSQL SQL/PL/pgSQL, schemas, database objects, migration scripts, APIs, persistence layers, and data services.
• Lead application-focused Oracle-to-PostgreSQL modernization, including schema assessment, conversion, migration, reconciliation, regression testing, and performance validation.
• Analyze execution plans, transactions, connections, and workloads; troubleshoot application-level database issues and implement durable performance corrections.
• Coordinate with infrastructure DBAs on backup and recovery requirements, maintenance jobs, permissions, production changes, incidents, and operational validation without holding privileged DBA access.
• Maintain GitHub-based CI/CD, automated tests, AWS containerized integrations, security controls, auditability, and formal SDLC practices while collaborating across engineering, security, cloud, DBA, and stakeholder teams.

Requirements

• United States citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance issued by the United States Census Bureau.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering, database application development, or database engineering experience supporting enterprise systems.
• Hands-on PostgreSQL development with schema design, advanced SQL, indexing, query tuning, and PL/pgSQL.
• Strong Oracle development with SQL and PL/SQL, including support and modernization of Oracle-based applications.
• Experience integrating relational databases with Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, data access layers, and enterprise application workflows.
• Experience designing data models, application schemas, stored code, migration scripts, deployment packages, database tests, and correcting SQL, transaction, integration, and performance issues.
• Experience with GitHub, Git workflows, automated testing, CI/CD deployment, and Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration or comparable cross-platform modernization.
• Ability to work with DBO or application-schema permissions, define backup/recovery/maintenance/permission requirements, and coordinate with infrastructure DBAs without administrator privileges; strong communication and technical liaison skills are required.
• Experience with formal SDLC, security, audit, configuration-management, and change-control processes.

Nice to have

• Oracle APEX modernization or application development and support experience.
• Angular or other modern front-end framework experience integrated with Java/Spring Boot services.
• AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, or other cloud-native infrastructure experience.
• Cognos reporting, analytics data models, ETL, or enterprise reporting platform experience.
• Python, Bash, PowerShell, Flyway, Liquibase, or similar database migration and automation experience.
• Federal systems, federal security requirements, accessibility standards, regulated enterprise environments, or relevant PostgreSQL, Oracle, Java, AWS, cloud, or DevSecOps certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible scheduling and work-life balance support.
• Hybrid and remote work opportunities, with occasional onsite support required in Suitland.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; and supplemental insurance options.
• Three weeks of paid time off, 11 paid federal holidays, 401(k) matching, and flexible spending accounts.
• Professional development reimbursement, certification support, training assistance, and wellness incentives.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed as received on a continuous basis until the position is filled; early application is encouraged.
• Employment is contingent on identity and United States work-authorization verification, required pre-employment checks, and applicable clearance eligibility.