DBA / ETL Developer
AxleBethesda, MDPosted 21 February 2026
Job Description
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<p><strong>Axle</strong> is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).</p>
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<p><strong>Benefits We Offer:</strong></p>
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<li>100% Medical, Dental Vision Coverage for Employees</li>
<li>Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays</li>
<li>401K match up to 5%</li>
<li>Educational Benefits for Career Growth</li>
<li>Employee Referral Bonus</li>
<li>Flexible Spending Accounts:
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<li>Healthcare (FSA)</li>
<li>Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)</li>
<li>Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)</li>
<li>Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)</li>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Position Overview</span></strong></span></p>
<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Axle</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> is seeking a </span><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">DBA / ETL Developer</span></strong><span style="line-height: 115%;"> to support the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in managing, integrating, and optimizing data that underpins research, grants management, and administrative operations. The role combines database administration with hands-on ETL development to ensure NIH data is accurate, secure, and available for reporting and analytics in a complex federal health environment.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><strong><span style="line-height: 115%;">Key Responsibilities</span></strong></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Administer, monitor, and tune relational databases (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL) supporting NIH applications and analytics workloads.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Design, develop, and maintain ETL jobs and data pipelines to extract, transform, and load data from multiple NIH source systems into data warehouses, marts, or operational data stores.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Implement and maintain database objects (tables, views, indexes, stored procedures, functions) and ensure adherence to schema and data standards.</span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma',sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Perform performance tuning, capacity planning, backup and recovery, and ongoing health checks for development, test, and production environments.</span></span></p>
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