Senior Data Engineer

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Job Description:

Parsons has emerged as a leader in the development of cutting-edge solutions for the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and other government agencies. Our tremendous success can be attributed to our people and our priorities. We hire the best; we make them a priority and we never lose focus on the mission. It’s why we’re here. We have built this cultural legacy by working closely with analysts and operators to understand their needs and delivering meaningful value through innovative, cost effective and intuitive software solutions.

Our Space Operations directorate is passionate about making America the undisputed leader in Space because we understand that ensuring our nation’s security for future generations depends on it. Parsons creates game changing solutions by teaming highly respected subject matter experts with brilliant technologists. Are you a software developer with a focus on data engineering with at least 12 years of experience? Do you want to be part of a team that is helping the government solve major national security challenges in the space domain? We need your help.

Our team is looking for an experienced software/data engineer that has developed enterprise solutions for managing data ingestion, persistence, translation, access, and distribution. In this position, you will be a member of a growing Agile team supporting the development of critical mission applications for the space community as a member of Parsons’ Space Operations Directorate. You will work with software engineers and space analysts to create space situational awareness solutions for the space domain stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an engineering field with at least 12 years technical experience; relevant experience may be accepted in place of a degree
• Experience designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging enterprise application software
• Extensive database experience using SQL, No-SQL, data lakes and warehouses, and pre-indexes for enterprise caching (like elastic search)
• Database schema design and dimensional data modeling
• Strong knowledge of messaging workflow engines (NiFi, Camel)
• Knowledge of streaming platforms and message-oriented middleware (Kafka, ActiveMQ)
• Java application development experience using Spring Boot
• Experience using object relational mapping (ORM) tools such as Hibernate and Java Persistence API (JPA)
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment using the Scrum methodology
• Experience using Docker containers for development and deployment
• Great interpersonal and communications skills, while establishing and maintaining effective work relationships with team members
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, flexible environment, and take the initiative to learn new tools and concepts quickly.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in both spoken and written English
• Must be a US Citizen due to DoD contract 

Desired Skills

• Experience developing RESTful web services in micro service architectures
• Data serialization experience using BSON
• Experience with test driven development, unit/integration testing (Junit, SonarCube)
• Experience with Kubernetes runtime environments based in AWS cloud environments
• Experience deploying software to AWS GovCloud environments
• Security+ certification
• Ability to obtain a security clearance

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

Our Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our diverse, intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: 

$54.38 - $97.88

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!