Data Engineer
Core
Designing and enhancing large-scale data pipelines and optimizing distributed systems performance for mission-critical data ingestion, processing, and analytics workflows.
Role type
Senior Data Engineer (Big Data & Infrastructure)
Builds
Scalable, secure, and resilient data pipelines and cloud environments
Domain
US Federal Government / Defense & National Security / Big Data
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
CI/CD pipeline development, cloud infrastructure management, Infrastructure as Code, containerization, automated testing, Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, Apache NiFi, Accumulo, JVM/GC tuning
Preferred skills
Cyber operations support, distributed data platform troubleshooting, PySpark/Scala/Java development, bulk loading patterns, iterator development
Technologies
Hadoop, HDFS, Apache NiFi, Apache Spark, Accumulo, CI/CD tools, Cloud platforms
Responsibilities
Building and automating infrastructure for rapid software delivery, integrating automation to improve deployment workflows, identifying bottlenecks and recommending architectural enhancements, aligning tooling with business needs, optimizing distributed systems performance, designing and maintaining data ingestion flows
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC