Job Title: Data Engineer

 Organization: Model and Simulation (M&S) Operations (ESO)

Location: Schriever Air Force Base, CO

Clearance: Secret

Level: Mid-Level/Senior

 Job Description: The selected applicant will serve as the Data Engineer for an integrated contractor team, supporting high-fidelity/high-resolution modeling of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in a virtualized, high-performance, high-capacity environment to provide Modeling and Simulation as a Service (MSaaS).  The qualified candidate will be responsible for supporting the Integration, Test and Verification of large-scale data storage environments to support the Missile Defense Agency’s digital modeling/simulation programs. This includes working with many of the following technologies: data pipelines, data services, operational data stores, data warehouses, data marts, big data stores, data mining, big data visualization and experiment designs. The right individual will display both a passion for data science and leading a cultural change in how data is used throughout the organization regarding these efforts.  Some travel is required. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

·         Design, create, build & maintain data pipelines that enable analytical, business intelligence, and software development use cases

·         Aggregate & Transform raw data coming from a variety of data sources to fulfill the functional & non-functional business needs

·         Performance optimization: Automating processes, optimizing data delivery & re-designing the complete architecture to improve performance.

·         Handling, transforming & managing Big Data using modern frameworks & NoSQL databases.

·         Building and assisting in building an end to end infrastructure to ingest, transform & store data for further analysis & business requirement.

 Minimum Requirements:

·         A Bachelor of Science degree in Science or Engineering discipline plus two (2) years directly related experience in data.

·         This position requires the selected candidate have an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Capabilities/Experience

·         Experience with database transformation, modeling and normalization (1NF, 2NF, 3NF)

·         SQL Code experience

·         Proficiency using a data ETL tools like Apache NiFi, AWS Glue, Informatica, PowerCenter, IBM Infosphere Information Server, MS SQL Server Integrated Services, Oracle Data Integrator, Qlik Replicate, SAS – Data Integration Studio, SAP – BusinessObjects Data Integrator, or Talend.

·         High level data literacy

·         Python developer preferred / desire to learn at an intermediate level or better

·         Experience with data usage in software and analytical scenarios including Continual Integration and Continual Deployment (CI/CD) frameworks

·         Proficient in data security management

·         Prefer experience with open platform (Kubernetes/Istio), microservice/service mesh architectures, and leverage event-driven behavior across the entire portfolio

·         Competency in Agile Development

Security Clearance Requirements:   

·         Position requires that candidate possess, or be able to acquire an active SECRET security clearance in order to access classified information. Inability to maintain a security clearance will result in candidate being ineligible to support this position.