Accumulo Database Engineer SME

Senior Accumulo Database Engineer / Accumulo SME

Location: San Antonio, Texas (100% Onsite)
Clearance: Active Secret or TS, TS/SCI Preferred
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Required
Certification: Security+ CE or DoD 8140/8570 IAT Level II Equivalent Required
Employment Type: Full-Time Federal Contractor

Position Overview

P3S Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Senior Accumulo Database Engineer / Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support mission-critical Department of Defense and Intelligence Community systems within a TS/SCI environment. This position serves as the technical authority for Apache Accumulo architecture, administration, optimization, security, and integration across large-scale enterprise data platforms.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in Apache Accumulo, Hadoop ecosystems, HDFS, distributed computing architectures, data governance, and secure data management. Candidates may come from a Database Administration, Software Engineering, Data Engineering, or Big Data Engineering background but must demonstrate expert-level Accumulo knowledge and hands-on operational experience.

This role supports high-volume ingest, secure data storage, advanced analytics, and mission systems requiring high availability, performance optimization, and compliance with Intelligence Community and Department of Defense security requirements.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree in one of the following:

• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Software Engineering
• Data Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Related Technical Discipline

(Additional experience may be substituted for education where permitted.)

Experience

• 8+ years of enterprise database administration or engineering experience.
• 5+ years supporting Hadoop ecosystem technologies.
• 5+ years supporting distributed data platforms.
• 3+ years of hands-on Apache Accumulo administration and engineering experience.
• Experience supporting classified DoD or Intelligence Community environments.

Required Technical Skills

Expert knowledge of:

• Apache Accumulo
• Hadoop Ecosystem
• HDFS
• ZooKeeper
• RFiles
• Tablet Architecture
• Major and Minor Compactions
• Write Ahead Logs (WAL)
• Data Modeling
• Java
• Linux Administration
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Security Hardening
• Backup & Recovery
• Performance Tuning

Desired Qualifications

Preferred certifications include:

• CISSP
• CISM
• CASP+
• Certified Hadoop Administrator
• Cloudera Certification
• MongoDB DBA Certification
• PostgreSQL Certification
• AWS Data Analytics Specialty
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

Preferred experience:

• Intelligence Community data platforms
• GEOINT, SIGINT, or Cyber Operations environments
• Spark
• NiFi
• Elasticsearch
• Kubernetes
• Cloud-hosted Big Data architectures