Data Engineer

Clarityinnovates; Fort Walton Beach (FL); On-site; USD 73,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations is seeking a Data Engineer to join the Air Force Special Operations Command program at Hurlburt Field, FL. You will embed with the command to modernize data operations, govern data, and enable data-driven decisions for critical missions.

You will build robust data pipelines, optimize large-scale data processing, and integrate diverse data sources while working within secure DevSecOps practices. A Secret Clearance is required to begin.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM required.
• 1+ year of relevant data engineering experience.
• Experience with data structures, databases, distributed computing, and API-driven architectures.
• Proficiency in UML, Agile Development, and Git operations.
• Active Secret Clearance required to start.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and test data generation infrastructures for ETL pipelines.
• Create complex queries and optimize NoSQL/big data infrastructures.
• Build ETL pipelines from diverse data sources including SQL/NoSQL and APIs.
• Configure analytics frameworks and pipelines (NoSQL, SQL, HDInsight, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4j, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Hive, Pig).
• Apply distributed systems concepts and manage CI/CD and cloud (Azure, GCP, AWS).
• Collaborate with product, data, and design teams to support data needs.

Skills

Data structures

Distributed computing

API driven architectures

UML

Agile Development

Git Operations

Secret Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Palantir Envision

MSS

Job description

Overview

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.

Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.

We are committed to delivering cutting‑edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people‑focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.

Role

This Data Engineer directly supports the Air Force Special Operations Command based at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Data Engineers in this program support the command through a combination of data governance and data modernization efforts. Data Engineers will be embedded within AFSOC to provide subject matter expertise and technical capability for integrating complex data used by the command. Data Engineers in this program support AFSOC's initiative to be more capable and effective when leveraging their data resources.

Responsibilities

A Data Engineer has a deep understanding of performance optimization and data pipelining. In addition to the baseline skills of a data analyst, data engineers can make raw data more useful for the enterprise. Data Engineers can create and integrate application programming interfaces (APIs). Their technical skills generally include multiple programming languages and a deep knowledge of SQL database design.

The Data Engineer role requires a more in-depth knowledge in programming for integrating complex models and using advanced software library frameworks to distribute large, clustered data sets. Data engineers collect and arrange data in a form that is useful for analytics. A basic knowledge in machine learning is also required to build efficient and accurate data pipelines to meet the needs for downstream users such as data scientists to create the models and analytics that produce insight.

The Senior Data Engineer shall perform the following tasks:

• Developing, maintaining, and testing infrastructures for data generation to transform data from various structured and unstructured data sources.
• Develop complex queries to ensure accessibility while optimizing the performance of NoSQL and or big data infrastructure. Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture.
• Build and maintain the infrastructure to support extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) of data from a wide variety of data sources. Extract data from multiple data sources, relational SQL and NoSQL databases, and other platform APIs, for data ingestion and integration.
• Configure and manage data analytic frameworks and pipelines using databases and tools such as NoSQL, SQL, HDInsight, MongoDB, Cassandra, Neo4j, GraphDB, OrientDB, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Hive, and Pig.
• Apply distributed systems concepts and principles such as consistency and availability, liveness and safety, durability, reliability, fault-tolerance, consensus algorithms.
• Administrate cloud computing and CI/CD pipelines to include Azure, Google, and Amazon Web Service (AWS).
• Coordinate with stakeholders, including product, data and design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1-year experience is required.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with preference towards Computer Science and Software Engineering.
• Verifiable work experience working with data structures, database management, distributed computing, and API driven architectures using SQL and No-SQL engines.
• Proficient in modeling frameworks like Universal Modeling Language (UML), Agile Development, and Git Operations.
• A Secret Clearance is required to start.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Palantir Envision and/or MSS.
• Familiarity with DoD.
• Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility.

Salary Range: $73,000 - $175,000

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.