Data Engineer - SWE3

Link, LLC; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech solutions company in Columbia, Maryland, is seeking a skilled data engineer. You will design schemas for OLAP and graph databases and optimize data structures for performance. This role involves collaboration with analytics engineers to enhance data support for client missions and enforcing governance on data quality. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree or 12 years of experience, proficient in OLAP, graph, and document databases, and has strong analytical problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases.
• Strong background in schema design, query optimization, and analytics support.
• Ability to translate analytical questions into database design solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design schemas and models in OLAP, graph, and document databases.
• Optimize queries and data structures for performance and scalability.
• Work with analytics engineers to shape how data supports customer missions.
• Implement governance rules to ensure data quality and compliance.

Skills

OLAP databases

Graph databases (Neo4j)

Document databases (Elastic)

Schema design

Query optimization

Analytics support

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years relevant experience

Tools

Git

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Design schemas and models in OLAP, graph (Neo4j), and document (Elastic) databases.
• Optimize queries and data structures for performance and scalability.
• Work with analytics engineers to shape how data supports customer missions.
• Implement governance rules to ensure data quality and compliance.

Skills Requirements:

• Proven experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases.
• Strong background in schema design, query optimization, and analytics support.
• Ability to translate analytical questions into database design solutions.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience analyzing cyber security-related data sets (network traffic, OS events).
• Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
• Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
• General software engineering skills (devops, web applications, ETL, etc.)
• Familiarity with Git and GitLab.
• Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence).

12 yrs, B.S. or 4 additional yrs in place of B.S.