Weekend Walmart Data Engineer Jobs in Washington

About Bridge Defense. Bridge Defense is redefining how modern defense technology is delivered. Based in Washington, D.C., we are built for the dynamic mission environment facing the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and federal law enforcement agencies. We provide full-spectrum national security solutions that combine secure infrastructure, cleared talent, and mission-ready software to meet evolving defense challenges. Our services include secure software development in classified environments and the design and implementation of advanced IT and cybersecurity capabilities ranging from secure cloud architectures and enterprise infrastructure to data center operations, scientific analysis, cutting-edge cyber defense, and intelligence analysis. We are led by technologists and veterans with firsthand mission experience, which enables us to understand both the operational realities and the innovation needed to succeed. Our approach is agile and outcome-based, delivering results in weeks rather than months whenever possible. At Bridge Defense we value people, integrity, and excellence. We foster an environment where innovation thrives in support of traditional mission requirements. Our team members receive competitive compensation, robust benefits, professional development and certification opportunities, and clear paths for growth while working on the nation’s most critical projects. Core Values: * Innovation & Responsiveness: We push beyond legacy models with efficient, tech-led solutions built to scale and evolve.
* Trusted Performance: Security, compliance, and deep experience in delivering to demanding environments guides all we do.
* Mission Focused Expertise: From veteran leadership to cleared engineers, our people understand both the technology and the mission.
Summary: 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. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * 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.
* Co-location: High colocation, 70-80% onsite
Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience: * Active TS/SCI clearance
* 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
Desired Qualifications, Education, and Experience: * Master’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field. * Familiarity and experience with the Intelligence Community (IC), and the intel cycle. * Direct Experience with the 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.
The Successful Candidate will Possess: * Prospective candidates should have strong risk management skills, excellent communication, teamwork, and conflict management skills.
* The candidate must be analytical and effectively able to prioritize needs, requirements, and other issues.
* Ability to communicate and interact effectively at all levels of staff and management.
* Ability to exercise independent judgment, develop relationships, and obtain consensus among interested parties.
* Critical thinker with strong technical skills, diagnostic skills and problem-solving ability.
* Solid written and verbal communication skills to negotiate direction, drive projects and projects to successful conclusion and deliver knowledge to team members verbally and via clear designs, runbooks and technical engineering and exchange sessions.
* Self-starter, flexible, adaptable, collaborative and motivated to champion continuous improvement.
* Ability to develop peer networks across an enterprise to maintain technology awareness and to support resolution of problems.
* Ability to operate across traditional technical boundaries, comfortable working in the compute space as well as the storage space in an operational capacity.
* Technically curious and driven to learn new skills.
General Factors: * Depending on project requirements, may be required to work within a compressed schedule; overtime should be expected when schedules demand it.
* Willing to travel, if needed.
* No Relocation.
* Must be able to sit/stand at a desk for long-periods and must be able to lift 20 pounds occasionally.
* Must be able to multi-task and rapidly change priorities with limited notice. Online applications, please. When we review candidates' information, we are looking for the best matches for the position based on the qualifications listed in the job posting. If your skills and experience appear to match an open position, a recruitment services professional or a hiring manager may contact you. Bridge Defense is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are a qualified disabled veteran or individual with a disability and need reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, please contact us at 202-436-9222. The pay range for this role is: 120,000 - 155,000 USD per year (Washington, DC (NAC))