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The successful candidate will not just manage databases but will support the software integrations and data pipelines required to ingest, process, and store complex satellite telemetry and payload data into high-performance databases for mission operations.\nKey Responsibilities\nSupport design and deploy software applications that interface directly with ground mission systems to capture real-time satellite data.\nArchitect, implement, and optimize database solutions (Relational, NoSQL, and Time-Series) specifically tuned for the high-throughput, low-latency requirements of satellite data streams.\nBuild robust data pipelines to parse, transform, and load satellite telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) data, as well as mission payload data, into centralized data stores.\nTroubleshoot and resolve complex integration bottlenecks between ground software applications and backend database infrastructure.\nWork directly with ground engineers, mission operators, and software teams to ensure data architecture meets operational mission requirements.\n Bachelor’s degree in Computer or Data Sciences or related field and five (5) years or more of experience; Master’s degree and seven (7) years or more of relevant experience. 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