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VTG

Software Engineer

Chantilly, VA · Remote

... Remote Sensing, Intelligence Studies, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience * Demonstrated experience with Java development. * Experience designing and operating Big Data systems.

System One

Data Architect - IRS Clearance

Greenbelt, MD · Remote

$68 - $95/hr

Data Architect (2 openings) - IRS Clearance 6-month contract-to-hire Remote, Greenbelt, MD Bachelor ... Design and implementation experience in Big Data technologies (Spark, Hadoop ecosystem, Kafka ...

Steampunk

Data Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site +1

$125K - $160K/yr

Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. * Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. * Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc. * AWS ...

Steampunk

Data Engineer

Mclean, VA · On-site +1

$125K - $160K/yr

Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. * Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. * Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc. * AWS ...

Comcast

Principal Data Modeler Architect

Reston, VA · On-site +1

$167K - $251K/yr

Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products ... remote option.) Job Summary This job entails leading the development of software and web ...

Comcast

Principal Data Modeler Architect

Reston, VA · On-site +1

$167K - $251K/yr

Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products ... remote option.) Job Summary This job entails leading the development of software and web ...

Dlapiper

Data Scientist

Washington, DC · On-site +1

... Big data tools: Hadoop, Azure, etc. * Experience in a professional services or law firm is ... Opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement combining remote and in-office work. The specific ...

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Dlapiper

Data Scientist

Reston, VA · On-site +1

... Big data tools: Hadoop, Azure, etc. * Experience in a professional services or law firm is ... Opportunity for a hybrid work arrangement combining remote and in-office work. The specific ...

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Leidos

Data Scientist

Bethesda, MD · On-site +1

Come support a major program advancing the state of the art in mission-focused big data and ... The percentage of remote work will vary based on client requirements/deliverables Fun stuff you ...

Edgesource

Data Engineer

Centreville, VA · On-site +1

$113K - $136K/yr

Exposure to PySpark or other big data frameworks is a plus for future pipeline scalability ... Schedules (Remote / Hybrid) - - Medical / Dental / Vision / Flexible Spending Account (FSA ...

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

Data Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site +1

$62K - $141K/yr

Remote Work: Hybrid Job Number: R0241523 Location: Arlington,VA,US Share job via: Share Data ... Experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for ...

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.

Data Engineer

Arlington, VA · On-site +1

$62K - $141K/yr

Remote Work: Hybrid Job Number: R0247120 Location: Arlington,VA,US Share job via: Share Data ... big data in forms needed for business analysis * 1+ years of experience with source control and ...

ICF

Data Engineer (Databricks)

Reston, VA · Remote

$119K - $143K/yr

This position is fully remote with up to 10% travel to the DC Metropolitan area for client meetings ... Big Data Technologies - Experience beyond Spark with distributed systems * Experience with ...

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Jr. Data Engineer

Kalani Consulting, Inc.

Leesburg, VA • Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 18 days ago

Job description

JUNIOR DATA ENGINEER

REMOTE


Overview


Kalani Consulting, Inc. is a multi-award-winning small business based in Northern Virginia, proudly supporting federal government clients through expert Information Technology and Management Consulting services. We’re an employee-focused company that values hard work, integrity, and excellence—offering competitive benefits, meaningful opportunities, and a culture rooted in The Aloha Spirit.


Responsibilities

  • Engineer, build and maintain scalable automated data pipelines.
  • Build cloud data solutions and provide domain perspective on storage, big data platform services, serverless architecture, RDBMS, DW/DM, NoSQL databases and security.
  • Deploy, automate, maintain, and manage cloud-based production system, to ensure the availability, performance, scalability, and security of productions systems.
  • Implement best practices in management of data, including master data, reference data, metadata, data quality and lineage.
  • Support regular and ad-hoc data querying and analysis to understand customer behaviors.

Qualifications

  • BA or BS degree in CS, Information Systems, or related field.
  • Experience developing and deploying ETL pipelines using Apache Spark and/or Databricks.
  • Experience in SQL and/or Spark SQL.
  • Familiarity with Informatica a plus.
  • Knowledge of dimensional models in data warehouses.
  • Experience working on loading data to the Star Schema.

Preferred Qualification

  • Knowledge of and experience with automated testing.
  • Knowledge and experience of deployment of Spark Notebooks.

Clearance Requirement

Must be US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust Suitability.


Kalani Consulting, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.