SRA's mission is toย level up every day to protect our clients and their customers. This begins with our team members and their experience. SRA prides itself onย maintainingย a culture where team members have a shared sense of support and belonging, consistent withย our It'sย Personal company value. At SRA, we prioritize transparent career pathing, varied DEI programming and community groups, competitive benefits including mental health support, and an emphasis on a sustainable, healthy, and engaging work culture. SRA has twice been namedย a Bestย Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal.ย
These Essential Functions, Requirements, and Skills are guidelines. If you are a candidate who does not meet this exact job description but canย demonstrateย excellent organization, attention to detail, professionalism, flexibility, and self-direction in your professional background, we hope you apply.ย SRA values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages people of all backgrounds to apply.ย
Summary/Objectiveย
We areย seekingย a highly motivated and technically capable Dataย Engineerย to help drive the future of our cybersecurity analytics platform, Sight. This role sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, big data analytics, visualization, and platform innovation. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering teams, SMEs, and platform leadership to transform complex datasets into scalable analytics models, actionable insights, and meaningful visual narratives, while also helping mentor and guide junior team members across analytics initiatives.ย
This individual will play a key role in shaping how data is modeled, analyzed, and presented across the platform. Responsibilities include building efficient and scalable analytics solutions within Azure Data Explorer, developing advanced reporting and visualization strategies within Microsoft Power BI, and helping pioneer new analytics capabilities that enhance the Sight ecosystem.ย
The ideal candidate is both analytical and creative, capable of understanding large-scale datasets while translating technical findings into intuitive metrics, dashboards, and stories that drive operational and executive decision-making. This role requires someone who can think strategically about data,ย identifyย opportunities for innovation, help guide analytics best practices, and contribute to the growth and development of junior team members within the organization.
Requirements
Essential Functionsย
Reasonableย accommodationsย may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.ย
- Design, develop, andย optimizeย scalable analytics solutions for large and complex datasets using Azure Data Explorer, Kusto Query Language (KQL), and related analytics technologiesย ย
- Collaborate with engineers, SMEs, and business stakeholders to model, normalize, and analyze data for reporting, operational analytics, and product-driven insightsย ย
- Build andย maintainย performant KQL queries, analytical workflows, data models, and reporting structures that support scalable analytics and visualization initiativesย ย
- Design and develop interactive dashboards, reports, and visualizations within Microsoft Power BI that effectively communicate trends, operational health, risk, and business value to both technical and non-technical audiencesย ย
- Translate raw data and operational telemetry into actionable insights, meaningful metrics, and compelling data stories that support strategic and operational decision-makingย ย
- Apply statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and analytical techniques toย identifyย trends, anomalies, patterns, and opportunities within large datasetsย ย
- Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency through validation, reconciliation, and analytical best practices across reporting and visualization workflowsย ย
- Help define and implement best practices for analytics architecture, schema design, data modeling, query optimization, and scalable reporting solutionsย ย
- Research, prototype, and introduce innovative analytics methodologies, visualization concepts, and data-driven product capabilitiesย ย
- Create andย maintainย documentation for data definitions, business logic, metrics, reporting methodologies, and analytics workflowsย ย
- Partner cross-functionally with engineering, product, and leadership teams to support long-term analytics strategy and platform innovationย
Supervisory Responsibilityย
Not Applicable.ย
Work Environmentย
This jobย operatesย in a professional office environment or remotely as needed/required. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.ย
Physical Demandsย
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employeeย is regularly required toย talk and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employeeย frequentlyย is required toย stand and walk. This is aย largely sedentaryย role.ย ย
Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply and emailย careers@sra.ioย with any questions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions of this role.ย
Position Type/Expected Hours of Workย
This is a full-timeย position,ย and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5pm. Occasional evening and weekend work may beย requiredย as job duties demand.ย
Travelย
Not applicable.ย
Required Education, Experience, and Skills
- Punctuality andย timelyย attendance to external client and internal stakeholder needs.ย
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Statistics, Information Systems, or a related technical fieldย OR equivalent experienceย ย
- 4+ years of experience working with analytics platforms, business intelligence solutions, data science initiatives, or enterprise data environmentsย ย
- Strong experience analyzing, modeling, and visualizing large and complex datasetsย ย
- Experience building dashboards, reports, and data models within Microsoft Power BIย ย
- Proficiencyย in Python, SQL, and data analytics workflows for reporting, automation, and insight generationย ย
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability toย identifyย trends, patterns, anomalies, and actionable insights from dataย ย
- Experience designing scalable analytical workflows andย optimizingย queries for performance and maintainabilityย ย
- Ability to communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholdersย ย
- Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product, operations, and business teamsย ย
- Demonstrated ability to independently research, prototype, and implement innovative analytics solutionsย
Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills
- Residence in Eastern time zone preferred.ย
- Experience working with cybersecurity analytics platforms, vulnerability management data, security telemetry, or operational security datasetsย ย
- Experience building analytics solutions withinย Azure Data Explorerย environments, including schema design, materialized views, analytical modeling, and query optimizationย ย
- Strong understanding of Kusto Query Language (KQL) best practices for scalable and efficient analytical workloadsย ย
- Ability to translate complex cybersecurity data into intuitive visualizations, meaningful metrics, and actionable data storiesย ย
- Experience with statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, or anomaly detection techniquesย ย
- Familiarity with data normalization strategies across multiple tools and heterogeneous data sourcesย ย
- Understanding of modern cloud analytics ecosystems including Azure-based data pipelines, enrichment workflows, and scalable reporting architecturesย ย
- Experience partnering with engineering and product teams to shape analytics-driven product capabilities and reporting strategiesย ย
- Experience mentoring analysts, engineers, or technical teams on analytics best practices, visualization strategies, and data modeling approachesย
Other Dutiesย
Pleaseย noteย this job description is not designed to cover orย containย a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that areย required ofย the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.ย
EEO Statementย
Security Risk Advisorsย isย an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at SRA are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, disability, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or any similar category protected under federal, state, or local laws.ย
Benefits
Work with Experts: Robust internal training program, plus Company-paid external training. SRA recognizes the value of professional development for employees. Therefore, we encourage our employees to pursue continuing education and role-specific training. Every SRA employee is eligible to attend one training per year paid for by SRA.ย
Mental Health Services: SRA has partnered with BetterHelp to provide SRA employees with free mental health support. BetterHelp connects individuals with licensed therapists for chat, video, and phone sessions.ย
Medical / Dental / Other (regular full-time employees only)ย
- Generous medical, dental, and vision benefits at different price points.ย
- Company-paid disability and life insurance.ย
- Company 401(k) plan including annual 3% safe harbor contribution.ย
- Free patient advocacy service that helps find care providers and resolve insurance queries.ย
- Free financial advising.ย
- Generous parental leave, sick leave, and vacation policies.ย
- Possibility to work remotely or with a flexible schedule when needed and approved.ย
- Company-paid cell phone with discounted accessories.ย
- 1-2-3 Give Program: 1. SRA will give $1,000 to a charity of your choice. 2. If you give an additional amount (up to $1,000), then 3. SRA will match that amount up to $1,000.ย
- Other discounted, employee-paid benefits including pet insurance, legal support, and voluntary life insurance.ย
(Subject to change)ย