Data Engineer with Top Secret clearance

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer / Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support a classified U.S. Government contract. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in the design development implementation and integration of enterprise data engineering capabilities supporting data interoperability data exchange data usage and data sharing across complex customer environments.

The Data Engineer will design and develop data pipelines APIs data exchange services integration services and data interfaces that enable secure and reliable movement of data across customer systems and organizational boundaries. The position will support data-sharing initiatives with Department of Energy (DOE) partners including IC organizations and will work closely with government stakeholders technical teams mission partners and external organizations.

The role will also support additional technical integration activities associated with DOE and SIPP programs helping define and implement solutions for evolving data interface data usage interoperability and data-sharing requirements. The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on data engineering expertise with an enterprise perspective and the ability to develop practical solutions across diverse technical and organizational environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a Data Engineering SME providing technical leadership and expertise across customer organizations mission areas and data-sharing initiatives.
• Design develop test deploy and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration solutions.
• Develop and implement APIs data exchange services integration services and data interfaces supporting secure and reliable data sharing.
• Design technical solutions that enable interoperability across disparate data sources systems applications platforms and organizational environments.
• Support data-sharing initiatives between customer organizations and DOE partners including Intelligence Community organizations.
• Translate customer and mission requirements into data engineering architectures interfaces pipelines integration patterns and technical implementation plans.
• Work with government stakeholders and technical teams to define data requirements interface specifications exchange mechanisms and integration approaches.
• Develop reusable data interfaces and integration capabilities that can support multiple mission and organizational requirements.
• Implement data ingestion transformation normalization validation enrichment and delivery processes.
• Develop solutions for structured semi-structured and unstructured data environments.
• Design and implement data services that support both operational and analytical use cases.
• Support the integration of customer data assets with enterprise partner and external data environments.
• Develop and maintain data mappings schemas data models interface specifications and transformation logic.
• Implement data quality validation monitoring and error-handling capabilities within data pipelines and integration services.
• Identify and resolve technical challenges associated with data interoperability data access data exchange and data sharing.
• Support DOE and SIPP programs with technical integration activities related to data interfaces data usage interoperability and sharing requirements.
• Participate in technical architecture design and engineering activities supporting SIPP and related customer initiatives.
• Collaborate with data architects data scientists analysts software developers cybersecurity personnel and mission stakeholders to deliver integrated data solutions.
• Coordinate with external customers DOE organizations IC partners and other stakeholders to establish technical integration requirements and implementation approaches.
• Evaluate existing data interfaces and integration capabilities and recommend opportunities for modernization standardization and optimization.
• Support development and adoption of common data standards exchange patterns interface specifications and reusable integration services.
• Develop technical documentation including architecture diagrams interface control documentation API specifications data mappings data flows and implementation plans.
• Support testing validation troubleshooting and deployment of data integration capabilities across development and operational environments.
• Evaluate emerging data engineering and integration technologies and recommend solutions aligned with customer mission requirements.
• Support Agile and iterative engineering activities including requirements development technical design development testing deployment and sustainment.
• Ensure data engineering solutions comply with applicable security classification data governance and customer requirements.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Engineering Information Systems Software Engineering Mathematics Engineering or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 12 years of relevant experience in data engineering data integration software engineering or a related discipline; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.
• Active TS or Q clearance or higher is required. Ability to obtain Q/SCI.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data pipelines and integration solutions.
• Strong experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs data services or other application/data exchange interfaces.
• Experience with data ingestion transformation normalization validation and delivery.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational and/or analytical databases.
• Experience with Python Java Scala or other modern programming languages used for data engineering.
• Experience integrating disparate data sources systems applications and platforms.
• Understanding of data interoperability data exchange data modeling data standards and data-sharing concepts.
• Experience developing technical interface specifications data mappings schemas and integration documentation.
• Experience working with structured and unstructured data.
• Demonstrated ability to translate mission and business requirements into technical data engineering solutions.
• Experience working across multiple organizations and collaborating with government and technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical problem-solving communication and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently as a technical SME while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting the Intelligence Community Department of Energy or other U.S. Government mission environments.
• Experience developing data-sharing solutions between DOE and IC organizations.
• Experience supporting SIPP programs or related customer initiatives.
• Experience with government or enterprise data interoperability frameworks and data-sharing ecosystems.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise API gateways data exchange services integration platforms or data service architectures.
• Experience with cloud-based data engineering platforms including AWS Azure or other government cloud environments.
• Experience with data lake data warehouse data lakehouse or distributed data architectures.
• Experience with technologies such as Apache Kafka Spark Databricks Airflow NiFi or equivalent data engineering platforms.

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