CISA - Geospatial Data Engineer

cFocus Software Incorporated; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

cFocus Software Incorporated seeks a Geospatial Data Engineer (TS/SCI) to own the data backbone of a national infrastructure analysis capability for DHS CISA. You will acquire, validate, structure, and govern federal telecommunications datasets powering the Government's infrastructure mapping platform.

Responsibilities include designing the Infrastructure Data Structure, delivering dataset specifications for government approval, building repeatable data pipelines, and providing complete

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree with seven (7) years of specialized experience, or Master's with five (5) years, or eleven (11) years total equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, operating, maintaining, and repairing geospatial databases.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, update, validate, and maintain Federal Government telecommunications usage and capacity data for the infrastructure mapping platform.
• Author and maintain the IDS Design Description, including data schema, architecture, and data dictionaries.
• Deliver dataset design and specifications for Government approval prior to production updates.

Skills

Geospatial data

Data architecture

Schema design

Government data standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

ESRI ArcGIS

ArcGIS Enterprise

Python

Job description

Geospatial Data Engineer (TS/SCI) — Infrastructure Datasets

Location: Arlington, VA (on-site at federal facilities)

Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required

Position Type: Full-time

About the Role

cFocus Software Incorporated is seeking a Geospatial Data Engineer to own the data backbone of a national-level infrastructure analysis capability for DHS CISA. You will acquire, validate, structure, and govern the federal telecommunications datasets that power the Government's infrastructure mapping platform — designing the data architecture that analysts and national decision-makers depend on during emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, update, validate, and maintain Federal Government telecommunications usage and capacity data on at least a semi-annual basis, managed for use within the Government's infrastructure mapping platform
• Author and maintain the Infrastructure Data Structure (IDS) Design Description, including the data schema, data system architecture, data dictionary, and Data Management Plan
• Deliver dataset design and specifications for Government approval prior to any dataset updates on production systems, ensuring alignment to enterprise IT data lifecycle requirements
• Conduct dataset development and testing within designated Government IT infrastructure, including storing raw datasets and data feeds on enterprise systems
• Ensure all dataset development, data integration, validation, and testing align to enterprise data architecture, schema, and testing requirements
• Build and maintain repeatable data pipelines for ingest, transformation, validation, and quality assurance of large geospatial and telecommunications datasets
• Provide complete documentation and annotated source code for all data supporting the mapping platform, including data dictionaries and frameworks
• Integrate additional telecommunications resource data into the IDS as new sources become available
• Support analyses before, during, and after national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) events by ensuring current, validated data availability, including surge support outside normal business hours
• Prepare data holdings, documentation, and schemas for Government or successor handover during any transition period

Required Qualifications

• Active, final Top Secret/SCI clearance granted by the U.S. Government; U.S. citizenship
• Bachelor's degree with seven (7) years of specialized experience, Master's degree with five (5) years, or eleven (11) years of equivalent specialized experience
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, operating, maintaining, and repairing geospatial databases
• Expertise in data schema design, data system architecture, data formats, and data structures for large mission datasets
• Experience with ESRI enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS Enterprise data management
• Demonstrated experience managing and analyzing a full range of classified and sensitive unclassified mission-related data
• ETL / data pipeline development experience (Python strongly preferred)
• Experience producing formal data documentation: data dictionaries, design descriptions, and data management plans to Government acceptance standards
• Working knowledge of Public Switched Network (Internet, PSTN, wireless) data and analysis procedures, or demonstrated ability to rapidly master telecommunications datasets
• Availability for after-hours, weekend, and holiday surge support during NS/EP events

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with telecommunications, utility, or critical infrastructure datasets and their governance
• Experience under DHS or intelligence community data lifecycle and data governance frameworks
• Advanced SQL and enterprise geodatabase administration
• Automated data validation and quality assurance frameworks
• Experience supporting analytic platforms or common operating picture environments