Leidos

Mid-Level SQL Engineer

Leidos  •  $87k - $157k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

If you’ve been building your skills in SQL, data engineering fundamentals, and mission‑driven development, and you’re ready for work that actually moves the needle, this is the kind of opportunity cleared engineers pursue when they want to grow while making real impact. If you take pride in your craft, enjoy solving meaningful data problems, and want your work to support a mission with visibility at senior levels, you’ll thrive here.

We’re hiring a SQL Engineer to support a high‑visibility, data‑driven application that powers analytics and reporting across the organization. In this role, you’ll write complex queries, shape data for dashboards, ensure data accuracy, and deliver reliable datasets that stakeholders depend on every day. You’ll work closely with dashboard developers and application teams to provide clean, consistent, and easy‑to‑consume data for mission users. Our primary development team operates out of Gaithersburg, MD, but innovation doesn’t stop there. We’re able to support onsite engineers in Alexandria, VA; Chantilly, VA; Aurora, CO; St. Louis, MO; and Tucson, AZ, giving top talent multiple paths to join the mission.

And while the requisition requirements may seem standard fare, the position is not; as it will join a high performing team that is changing the way digital engineering and mission operations intelligence is enabled for our customer.

Why This Role Stands Out

  • High Impact: Your work directly supports a widely used application that drives real-time decision-making
  • High Visibility: Partner with engineering teams and key stakeholders across programs
  • Career Growth: Expand your expertise in large-scale data systems, performance optimization, and advanced SQL engineering
  • Challenging Work: Tackle complex data problems, not routine queries

Essential Responsibilities

  • SQL Development: Write complex SQL queries involving joins, aggregations, filtering, subqueries, and window functions to support dashboards
  • Data Shaping for Visualization: Structure query outputs in a way that is optimized for dashboard consumption (clear naming, grouping, formatting)
  • Dashboard Support: Partner with dashboard developers to define and deliver the data required for visualizations and reporting
  • Data Validation: Ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of datasets used in dashboards
  • Query Performance: Identify inefficient queries and make basic improvements to support responsive dashboards
  • Requirements Translation: Translate dashboard and reporting requirements into effective SQL queries

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field with 4–8 years of experience; or Master’s with 2–6 years
  • US Citizenship
  • Active TS/SCI with ability to successfully pass a Polygraph
  • Strong SQL skills, including the ability to write advanced queries (joins, aggregations, subqueries, window functions)
  • Experience working with enterprise relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc.)
  • Background supporting analytics, dashboards, or reporting pipelines
  • Comfortable working in Linux‑based environments
  • Proven ability to work independently on data‑centric tasks and ensure data quality

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with Grafana, Tableau, or similar visualization tools
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience working in Agile environments

#MARU

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

April 16, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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About Leidos

Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.

Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.

Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.

Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.

Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Reston, Virginia
Year Founded
1969
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