Data Engineer (Project Management)
Data Engineer
Are you searching for an opportunity to take your career to the next level? Ignite Digital Services is a fast-growing small business delivering innovative business solutions to the national security sector. We bring data science and analytics together to optimize program integration and empower operational decisions for national security clients.
Ignite Digital Services has a fantastic opportunity for a Data Engineer to support our client engagements within the federal government. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with strong analytical skills and a strong work ethic. This position serves an important role in supporting senior-level executive customers at Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition (ASN/RDA) Research and Development to understand their business challenges within a multi-functional team and offer data centric solutions to enhance decision-making.
Perks of Working at Ignite Digital Services:
- Competitive pay and benefits, including PTO
- Education stipends and referral bonuses
- Compelling work with the U.S. federal government
- Strong emphasis on volunteer and community engagement
- Opportunity to shape the future of our industry
- Supportive colleagues and management who invest in your growth
Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and deploy data pipelines within the Databricks platform to process, transform, and model data for use in analytic solutions leveraged by clients and end users for strategic decision making.
- Collaborate with SMEs to translate high-level business requirements into defined business rules and data transformations from source to target environments supporting key performance indicators & metrics.
- Data modeling and script development to support AI/ML models and Qlik dashboard solutions
- Identify methods to collect, analyze, and manage data with the goal of making recommendations to improve data quality and the efficiency of data processes
- Evaluate the performance and applicability of tools against customer and client requirements
- Foster collaborative business relationships with stakeholders, business partners, and team members
Minimum Qualifications:
- Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Business, Economics or other related field
- 6+ years of technical experience with Business Intelligence and Data Analytics solutions
- 2+ years of experience implementing data pipelines supporting enterprise analytics and visualization platforms
- Experience with programming languages (R, Python, SQL, etc. ) for data transformation, modeling, and custom visualizations in cloud data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake
- Hands on experience in performance tuning and optimizing code running in environments such as Apache Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, Cloudera, or Amazon EMR
- Experience working with a variety of stakeholders to translate business requirements into transformation logic and data schemas to support dashboards and analytics.
- Demonstrated experience in handling a variety of data formats such as JSON, CSV, Parquet, ORC, and Delta Lake.
- Ability to take initiative and work independently, and quickly transition to reassess priorities
Preferred Qualifications:
- Active DoD security clearance
- Experience with DoD business practices and data management systems / processes like ADVANA/Jupiter tools including Databricks and Qlik
- Knowledge of the system development life cycle, software project management approaches and requirements, design and test techniques including experience working in a DevOps/DevSecOps delivery environment
- Experience in mentoring/training/coaching others in technical concepts
- Adapts quickly to new situations, is willing to learn new technologies and works well in a team environment, leading individual projects without the need for supervision
*Ability to obtain a DoD Government Security Clearance is mandatory for this position*
Salary: $95,000+ to align with education & experience
Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Ignite Digital Services is a Small Business committed to providing exceptional service to government agencies at competitive prices. The capabilities and experience of our staff and our extensive industry relationships distinguish Ignite Digital Services among government contractors.
Ignite Digital Services is an EEO/AA/Disability/VETS Employer. Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination, and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status, or any other protected status.
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