Junior Data Engineer Active Secret

Peraton is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to join its Department of State (DoS) Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program.

Location: Beltsville MD or Washington DC;Flexible for occasional telework; candidate must be local to the work location.

This position will support the Cyber Event Data Node (CEDN) a centralized cloud-based data platform that collects processes enriches normalizes stores and distributes cybersecurity data for operational and analytical use.

Peratons DSCM program provides technical engineering data analytics cybersecurity management operational logistical and administrative support to protect the Departments global infrastructure systems information and mobile devices from cyber risks and threats.

In this role you will:

• Support onboarding new cybersecurity systems and data sources into the CEDN environment.
• Work with system owners cybersecurity analysts architects and engineers to identify source data collection requirements formats schemas volumes retention needs and downstream use cases.
• Configure and maintain Cribl pipelines for data collection routing parsing transformation enrichment compression filtering and replay.
• Assist with developing and maintaining Databricks data pipelines supporting raw enriched and normalized data layers within Delta Lake.
• Develop and maintain Python SQL and scripting solutions used to automate data ingestion transformation validation and reporting.
• Map structured semi-structured and unstructured data into standardized schemas and security data models.
• Conduct data-quality checks to confirm completeness accuracy timeliness proper formatting and successful delivery to downstream systems.
• Troubleshoot ingestion failures malformed events schema changes pipeline errors latency and other data-flow issues.
• Support integrations with cybersecurity and analytics platforms such as Splunk Cloud ServiceNow Power BI Tableau and other authorized consumers.
• Apply appropriate metadata tagging access controls and data-handling requirements to support both classified and unclassified environments.
• Monitor pipeline health throughput storage consumption and processing performance and help identify opportunities for optimization.
• Develop and maintain source-onboarding checklists data-flow diagrams interface documentation configuration records test plans standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in testing and validation activities before new data sources are released into production.
• Work within established change-management configuration-management security authorization and system development lifecycle processes.
• Collaborate with senior data engineers security engineers data scientists threat analysts and mission stakeholders to translate operational needs into reliable data products.
• Support knowledge transfer and provide basic technical guidance to data owners and platform users.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in computer science information systems data science cybersecurity engineering or a related technical field and 12 years of experience. Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Possess or obtain prior to start and maintain one of the following certifications:
• CCNA Security CEH CISSP CySA GICSP GSEC Security CE CND or SSCP
• Foundational experience with data engineering data integration ETL/ELT processes application integration or log-management technologies.
• Working knowledge of Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with structured and semi-structured data formats including JSON CSV XML syslog and API-delivered data.
• Understanding of databases data lakes data pipelines schemas metadata and data lifecycle concepts.
• Basic knowledge of cloud computing and cloud storage services.
• Ability to analyze technical documentation and translate system requirements into actionable data-integration tasks.
• Ability to document configurations testing results data mappings technical procedures and operational issues clearly.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively while managing multiple assignments and established deadlines.
• Ability to learn new platforms and technologies through hands-on work formal training and mentorship.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• An active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a final Top Secret clearance.

Preferred/Desired:

• Experience or training with Cribl Stream Cribl Edge or a comparable log-routing and observability pipeline platform.
• Experience or training with Databricks Apache Spark Delta Lake notebooks or lakehouse architectures.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure Azure Data Lake Storage or similar clsroud data services.
• Exposure to Splunk ServiceNow Power BI Tableau SIEM SOAR or other cybersecurity analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with Git CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure as Code or DevSecOps practices.
• Understanding of security telemetry from firewalls endpoints DNS authentication services cloud platforms email VPNs proxies NetFlow or packet-capture systems.
• Familiarity with data normalization models data-quality controls and role-based access controls.
• Experience supporting data-source onboarding API integrations or high-volume event-processing environments.
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Cribl Certified User Microsoft Azure certification or the ability to obtain a relevant certification within six months of hire.
• Experience supporting the Federal Government Department of Defense intelligence community or another regulated environment.

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the worlds leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider we deliver trusted highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land sea space air and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day our employees do the cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.