Data Engineer(Top Security Clearance)

Globalchannelmanagement; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Globalchannelmanagement is seeking a Data Engineer with top security clearance to join our team in Maryland. You will work on data extraction, loading, labeling, and analytics preparation across large data sets.

The role requires DoD IAT II or higher, TS/SCI eligibility, 14+ years of experience, and experience with big data tools like Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, and cloud services. You will contribute to secure data acquisition and collaboration with agile teams.

Qualifications

• Must hold top secret clearance with TS/SCI eligibility and DoD IAT II or higher certification.
• Minimum 14 years of experience in software/data engineering or related fields.
• Experience with data extraction, transformation, and loading for analytics.
• Familiarity with JSON, XML, and other log formats.

Responsibilities

• Lead data engineering initiatives ensuring data integrity and scalable ingestion.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines using Airflow, NiFi, and cloud services.
• Design and optimize data storage and processing with Kafka, S3, and SQS.
• Decompose complex technical problems and troubleshoot dataflow issues.
• Prepare documentation and training materials for area of expertise.
• Participate in Agile development processes and team meetings.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

14+ years data engineering

Data integration

Agile environment

Tools

Kafka

NiFi

AWS S3

SQS

Apache Airflow

Mage AI

Job description

About the job Data Engineer(Top Security Clearance)

Data Engineer must have top security clearance with 14 years experience

Must be certified DoD IAT II or higher

Security Clearance-Current active TS/SCI eligible

At least 14 years of experience in one of the following: Software development/engineering, data engineering, database engineering, etc. (+4 additional years relevant experience can substitute for a BS degree)

Experience with Unit and Integration testing.

Fluency with data extraction, custom translation development, and loading including data prep and labeling to enable data analytics.

Familiarity with various log formats such as JSON, XML, and others.

Experience with data flow, management, and storage solutions (i.e. Kafka, NiFi, and AWS S3 and SQS solutions)

Ability to decompose technical problems and troubleshoot both system and dataflow issues.

Willingness to do a programming challenge during the interview process.

Experience with Zoom/Teams/Meet style team meetings

Prior experience in cyber/network security operations.

Familiarity with Agile environments.

Developed documentation and training in areas of expertise.

Apache Airflow Workloads via UI or CLI a plus

Experience with Mage AI a plus

Work with big data systems and complex structured and unstructured data sets.

Support government data acquisition, analysis, and sharing efforts.

Focus on software infrastructure for big data scaled ingestion, including understanding and ingesting new data sources, modifying existing data sources, implementing testing, establishing monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Lead the department in achieving strategic goals, ensuring data integrity, and fostering a collaborative and innovative work