Database Developer Contract Jobs in Ashburn, VA (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary:

The Senior Database Developer is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and supporting enterprise database solutions that enable secure, scalable, and high-performing applications. This role provides technical leadership for database design, performance optimization, data integration, and operational support across cloud-native environments, with a primary focus on AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable database solutions using AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon DynamoDB in support of high-volume, mission-critical applications.
• Design and implement logical and physical data models, database schemas, indexes, views, stored procedures, functions, and database objects to support application requirements.
• Develop, enhance, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database code to ensure optimal application performance and data integrity.
• Perform database performance analysis and tuning, including query optimization, indexing strategies, execution-plan analysis, partitioning, and resource utilization monitoring.
• Investigate and resolve database-related production issues, bottlenecks, deadlocks, locking/contention issues, replication concerns, and data inconsistencies.
• Design and optimize DynamoDB data models, partition key strategies, secondary indexes, and access patterns to support scalability and performance requirements.
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes, data integration pipelines, and data migration solutions across relational and NoSQL data platforms.
• Collaborate with application developers, architects, DevSecOps engineers, and cloud engineers to define efficient data access patterns and database integration approaches.
• Implement database monitoring, capacity planning, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability and availability.
• Ensure compliance with security, governance, auditing, and data protection requirements, including implementation of encryption, access controls, and least-privilege principles.
• Participate in root cause analysis, performance reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives for database operations and application performance.
• Support database deployments through CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code processes within AWS cloud environments.
• Leverage AI-assisted development and database management tools to improve productivity, code quality, troubleshooting, and automation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Inadev Corporation does not discriminate against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, or national origin

INTEGRITY AND COMPLIANCE NOTICE:

All information provided by applicants must be complete, truthful, and accurate. Any intentional misrepresentation of skills, experience, credentials, or identity may result in removal from consideration for this and future employment opportunities.

For positions supporting U.S. federal government contracts, applicants may be subject to background investigations and employment eligibility verification in accordance with federal regulations. Providing false information during this process may be subject to review and action as required under applicable federal laws and security regulations.

Inadev is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a federal contractor committed to compliance with all applicable EEO, OFCCP, and federal hiring standards.

Non-Technical Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must currently reside in the Continental United States.
• Must be open to working during Eastern Standard Time business hours to meet customer requirements.
• Ability to pass a 7-year background check and obtain/maintain a U.S. Government Clearance
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Must be able to prioritize and self-start.
• Must be adaptable/flexible as priorities shift.
• Must be enthusiastic and have passion for learning and constant improvement.
• Must be open to collaboration, feedback and client asks.
• Must enjoy working with a vibrant team of outgoing personalities.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of hands-on database development and database engineering experience supporting enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in AWS Aurora PostgreSQL, including schema design, query development, stored procedures/functions, indexing, execution-plan analysis, and performance optimization.
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Amazon DynamoDB solutions, including data modeling, partition/key design, Global Secondary Indexes (GSIs), Local Secondary Indexes (LSIs), and query optimization.
• Advanced SQL development skills with the ability to create, modify, and troubleshoot complex queries, views, stored procedures, functions, and database objects.
• Strong understanding of relational database design principles, normalization, denormalization, and data modeling best practices.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving database performance issues, including slow queries, locking/contention, deadlocks, indexing inefficiencies, and resource bottlenecks.
• Experience analyzing query execution plans and implementing tuning recommendations to improve scalability and application performance.
• Experience developing and supporting ETL/ELT processes and data integration solutions.
• Familiarity with AWS database services, including Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, and data migration services.
• Working knowledge of database monitoring, backup/recovery, high availability, disaster recovery, and operational support practices.
• Experience implementing data security controls, encryption, access management, auditing, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting cloud-native applications in AWS environments using CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex production issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS Certified Database Specialty, AWS Certified Developer Associate, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification.
• Experience supporting Federal Government systems and environments requiring security controls and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with high-volume transactional processing systems, large-scale data platforms, or regulatory reporting applications.
• Experience with PostgreSQL administration and performance tuning in AWS Aurora environments.
• Experience with database observability and monitoring tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, Performance Insights, Datadog, Splunk, or similar platforms.
• Experience with AWS Redshift, AWS Glue, DMS, Lake Formation, or modern data platform architectures.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK).
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development and database optimization tools.