Data Engineer and Data Pipeline Specialist

Booz Allen Hamilton; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance

Professional development

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Engineer and Data Pipeline Specialist to build and optimize scalable data platforms for mission-driven projects. You will work with a multidisciplinary team to organize data from diverse sources for advanced analytics.

You’ll contribute to ETL/ELT workflows, data retrieval, and processing of structured and unstructured data while navigating security requirements and cloud-enabled environments.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience utilizing programming languages, including C++, Java, or Python.
• 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis.
• Experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data.
• Experience developing scalable ETL/ELT workflows for reporting and analytics.
• Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
• Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and support project team to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms.
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy data pipelines and platforms for structured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate with analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in agile teams.
• Support assessment, design, development, and maintenance of scalable data platforms.
• Transform data from disparate sources for business analysis.

Skills

Programming languages

Data stores

ETL/ELT

Cross-functional teamwork

Security clearance

Bachelor’s degree

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Spark

Databricks

Hadoop

Hive

AWS EMR

Kafka

SQL

Python

Job description

Data Engineer and Data Pipeline Specialist

The Opportunity

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need a data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence. As a data engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use your skills and experience to help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll develop and deploy the pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. Here, you’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll sharpen your skills in analytical exploration and data examination while you support the assessment, design, developing, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients. Work with us to use data for good.

You Have

• 2+ years of experience utilizing programming languages, including C++, Java, or Python
• 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis
• Experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data
• Experience developing scalable ETL/ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
• Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and support project team to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree
• TS/SCI clearance

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Nice If You Have

• Experience in application development utilizing SQL or Scala
• Experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience with distributed data and computing tools such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka
• Experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• Experience with NoSQL implementation using MongoDB or Cassandra
• Experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake
• Experience with UNIX and Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
• Experience with Agile engineering practices

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

• health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care
• Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values
• Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD).

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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