Data Engineer: Real-Time Pipelines in Cloud (DoD)

Naval Systems, Inc. (NSI); Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k Plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Flexible spending account

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Naval Systems, Inc. (NSI) in Tampa, FL, is seeking a Data Engineer to design and implement a high-throughput data pipeline architecture integrating structured and unstructured data from logistics systems into a centralized data lake.

The role emphasizes real-time streaming with Apache Kafka and batch processing via NiFi or Airflow. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in data engineering, are proficient with AWS/Azure, Python, SQL/NoSQL, Spark, and Kafka, and hold Top Secret eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5+ years of data engineering experience.
• Top Secret or TS eligibility; U.S. citizen required.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-throughput data pipelines and data lake integration.
• Leverage Kafka for real-time streaming and NiFi/Airflow for batch ETL.
• Enforce data governance with quality, lineage, and audit trails.
• Secure data with encryption at rest/in transit and cloud KMS/vault.
• Operate onsite at MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL; support DoD data assets.

Skills

Python

SQL/NoSQL

Spark

Kafka

AWS/Azure

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Apache NiFi

Apache Airflow

Job description

Naval Systems, Inc. (NSI) in Tampa, FL, is seeking a Data Engineer to design and implement a high-throughput data pipeline architecture integrating structured and unstructured data from logistics systems into a centralized data lake.

The role emphasizes real-time streaming with Apache Kafka and batch processing via NiFi or Airflow. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in data engineering, are proficient with AWS/Azure, Python, SQL/NoSQL, Spark, and Kafka, and hold Top Secret eligibility.