Job Description

Enlighten, a HII company is looking for an experienced Sr. Data Engineer to support the acquisition of mission critical and mission support data sets from the Department of Defense as well as Federal agencies and commercial sources. The preferred candidate will have a background in supporting complex efforts for acquisition, technical connection, and data normalization. The ideal candidate will have worked with big data systems, complex structured and unstructured data sets, and have supported government data acquisition, analysis, and/or sharing efforts in the past. To excel in the position, the candidate shall have a strong attention to detail, be able to understand technical complexities, the political nature of the data sharing discussions (PII, Classification, etc.), and the willingness to learn and adapt to the situation. The candidate will be relied upon for sound advice in completing MOUs, MOAs, engineering request forms, and other government data sharing information. Candidate will maintain authoritative documentation of acquired data sets (delivery path, interfaces, specs, etc.). The candidate will regularly work independently and as part of a large team to accomplish the client's objectives and will need to regularly brief senior leadership on progress related to the objectives.

• A current TS with SCI eligibility U.S. Government security clearance is required and therefore all candidates must be a U.S. Citizen.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related discipline. Educational requirements may be adjusted for applicable work experience. Work experience may be adjusted for highly specialized knowledge or uniquely applicable experience.
• 8+ years' professional experience in data management, minimum of 3 years in a government, military, or contractor role
• Experience with programming languages such as Python and Java.
• Proficiency with acquisition and understanding of network data and the associated metadata.
• Fluency with data extraction, translation, and loading including data prep and labeling to enable data analytics.
• Experience with Kibana and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with various log formats such as JSON, XML, and others.Experience with data flow, management, and storage solutions (i.e. Kafka, NiFi, and AWS S3 and SQS solutions).
• Ability to decompose technical problems and troubleshoot system and dataflow issues.
• Ability to work independently, anticipate next steps, and identify courses of action to resolve issues
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to present information in a clear and concise manner to diverse audiences
• Ability to travel to customer and data-owner sites as needed (National Capital Region)
• Proficient understanding and usage of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio

• Demonstrated prior experience leading a work stream highly desired
• Software development background and demonstrated experience in writing data collection and transportation tools in support of big data efforts