Data Engineer - SWE3

Link, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Link, LLC is seeking a data architect to design schemas and models across OLAP, graph, and document databases. You will optimize data structures and queries to support scalable analytics and improve performance.

Collaborate with analytics engineers to translate business questions into robust database designs, and implement governance rules to ensure data quality and compliance. Experience with production data environments and strong communication skills are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience with OLAP, graph, and document databases.
• Strong schema design and query optimization skills.
• Ability to translate analytics questions into database designs.
• Familiarity with data governance and quality processes.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

OLAP databases

Graph databases

Document databases

Schema design

Query optimization

Analytics support

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 additional years

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.