Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Agile Methodology, Collaboration, Datasets, Distributed Computing

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

DATA ENGINEER SENIOR

As a Data Engineer, you will be required to interpret business needs and select appropriate technologies and have experience in implementing data governance of shared and/or master sets of data. You will work with key business stakeholders, IT experts, and subject-matter experts to plan and deliver optimal data solutions. You will create, maintain, and optimize data pipelines as workloads move from development to production for specific use cases to ensure seamless data flow for the use case. You will perform technical and non-technical analyses on project issues and help to ensure technical implementations follow quality assurance metrics. You will analyze data and systems architecture, create designs, and implement information systems solutions. 

Duties:

• Identify, design and implement internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes.
• Develop and design data pipelines to support an end-to-end solution. 
• Develop and maintain artifacts (e.g. schemas, data dictionaries, and transforms related to ETL processes). 
• Integrate data pipelines with AWS cloud services to extract meaningful insights. 
• Work with stakeholders to support their data infrastructure needs and assist with data-related technical issues.
• Design and develop robust and functional dataflows to support raw data and expected data. 
• Provide Tier 3 technical support for deployed applications and dataflows. 
• Define and communicate a clear product vision for our client’s software products, aligning with user needs and business objectives. 
• Create and manage product roadmaps that reflect both innovation and growth strategies. 
• Partner with a government product owner and a product team of 7-8 FTEs. 
• Collaborate with the rest of data engineering team to design and launch new features.  
• Coordinate and document dataflows, capabilities, etc.  
• Occasionally (as needed) support to off-hours deployment such as evening or weekends.   

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. 

• Expertise in distributed computing frameworks to handle large-scale data processing.  
• Familiarity working with Amazon Web Managed Services (AWS) or any other cloud environments. 
• Working experience with datastores like PostgreSQL, S3, Redshift, MongoDB/DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch and SQL. 
• Proficient utilizing Python with key libraries like pandas and PySark, NiFi, Airflow, AWS Lambda or similar technologies.
• Working knowledge with software platforms and services, such as, Docker, Kubernetes, JMS/SQS, SNS and Kafka. 
• Familiar with Linux/Unix server environments.  
• Experience with Agile development methodology. 
• Publishing and/or presenting design reports. 
• Coordinating with other team members to reach project milestones and deadlines. 
• Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence. 

• Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field. 
• Familiarity and experience with the Intelligence Community (IC), and the intel cycle. 
• Familiarity and experience with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 
• Direct Experience with DHS and Intelligence Community (IC) component's data architectures and environments (IC-GovCloud experience preferred). 
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications. 
• Keen interest in learning and using the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real world problem sets vital to national security. 
• Working knowledge with public keys and digital certificates.  
• Experience with DevOps environments.  
• Expertise in various COTS, GOTS, and open source tools which support development of data integration and visualization applications.  
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications.  
• Specialization in Object Oriented Programming languages, scripting, and databases

Must be able to obtain and maintain a DHS EOD (Entry On Duty)
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The likely salary range for this position is $119,000 - $161,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA DC Washington

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

 

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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