The Role
Owns the data backbone for CISA’s infrastructure mapping platform by acquiring, validating, integrating, governing, and documenting large geospatial and telecommunications datasets. Designs schemas, architectures, data dictionaries, and management plans; builds repeatable ETL and quality assurance pipelines; maintains ESRI enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS Enterprise data; supports emergency and national security events; and prepares datasets for government transition or handover.
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Geospatial Data Engineer (TS/SCI) — Infrastructure DatasetsLocation: Arlington, VA (on-site at federal facilities)
Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required
Position Type: Full-timeAbout the RolecFocus Software Incorporated is seeking a Geospatial Data Engineer to own the data backbone of a national-level infrastructure analysis capability for DHS CISA. You will acquire, validate, structure, and govern the federal telecommunications datasets that power the Government's infrastructure mapping platform — designing the data architecture that analysts and national decision-makers depend on during emergencies.Responsibilities
Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required
Position Type: Full-timeAbout the RolecFocus Software Incorporated is seeking a Geospatial Data Engineer to own the data backbone of a national-level infrastructure analysis capability for DHS CISA. You will acquire, validate, structure, and govern the federal telecommunications datasets that power the Government's infrastructure mapping platform — designing the data architecture that analysts and national decision-makers depend on during emergencies.Responsibilities
- Acquire, update, validate, and maintain Federal Government telecommunications usage and capacity data on at least a semi-annual basis, managed for use within the Government's infrastructure mapping platform
- Author and maintain the Infrastructure Data Structure (IDS) Design Description, including the data schema, data system architecture, data dictionary, and Data Management Plan
- Deliver dataset design and specifications for Government approval prior to any dataset updates on production systems, ensuring alignment to enterprise IT data lifecycle requirements
- Conduct dataset development and testing within designated Government IT infrastructure, including storing raw datasets and data feeds on enterprise systems
- Ensure all dataset development, data integration, validation, and testing align to enterprise data architecture, schema, and testing requirements
- Build and maintain repeatable data pipelines for ingest, transformation, validation, and quality assurance of large geospatial and telecommunications datasets
- Provide complete documentation and annotated source code for all data supporting the mapping platform, including data dictionaries and frameworks
- Integrate additional telecommunications resource data into the IDS as new sources become available
- Support analyses before, during, and after national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) events by ensuring current, validated data availability, including surge support outside normal business hours
- Prepare data holdings, documentation, and schemas for Government or successor handover during any transition period
- Active, final Top Secret/SCI clearance granted by the U.S. Government; U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's degree with seven (7) years of specialized experience, Master's degree with five (5) years, or eleven (11) years of equivalent specialized experience
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, operating, maintaining, and repairing geospatial databases
- Expertise in data schema design, data system architecture, data formats, and data structures for large mission datasets
- Experience with ESRI enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS Enterprise data management
- Demonstrated experience managing and analyzing a full range of classified and sensitive unclassified mission-related data
- ETL / data pipeline development experience (Python strongly preferred)
- Experience producing formal data documentation: data dictionaries, design descriptions, and data management plans to Government acceptance standards
- Working knowledge of Public Switched Network (Internet, PSTN, wireless) data and analysis procedures, or demonstrated ability to rapidly master telecommunications datasets
- Availability for after-hours, weekend, and holiday surge support during NS/EP events
- Experience with telecommunications, utility, or critical infrastructure datasets and their governance
- Experience under DHS or intelligence community data lifecycle and data governance frameworks
- Advanced SQL and enterprise geodatabase administration
- Automated data validation and quality assurance frameworks
- Experience supporting analytic platforms or common operating picture environments
Skills Required
- Active, final Top Secret/SCI security clearance granted by the U.S. Government
- U.S. citizenship
- Bachelor's degree with seven years of specialized experience, master's degree with five years, or eleven years of equivalent specialized experience
- Experience designing, implementing, operating, maintaining, and repairing geospatial databases
- Expertise in data schema design, data system architecture, data formats, and data structures for large mission datasets
- Experience with ESRI enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS Enterprise data management
- Experience managing and analyzing classified and sensitive unclassified mission-related data
- ETL and data pipeline development experience; Python strongly preferred
- Experience producing formal data documentation, including data dictionaries, design descriptions, and data management plans
- Working knowledge of Public Switched Network data and analysis procedures, or ability to rapidly master telecommunications datasets
- Availability for after-hours, weekend, and holiday surge support during national security and emergency preparedness events
- Experience with telecommunications, utility, or critical infrastructure datasets and governance
- Experience under DHS or intelligence community data lifecycle and data governance frameworks
- Advanced SQL and enterprise geodatabase administration
- Automated data validation and quality assurance frameworks
- Experience supporting analytic platforms or common operating picture environments
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The Company
What We Do
Established in 2006, cFocus Software automates FedRAMP compliance and develops government chatbots for the Azure Government Cloud, Office 365, and SharePoint. cFocus Software is the exclusive vendor of ATO (Authority To Operate) as a Service™, which automates FedRAMP compliance for the Azure Government Cloud and Office 365. Contact Us for a demo of ATO as a Service™ or a FREE government chatbot proof of concept project today!
