Financial Accounting and Data Engineering SME

Kairosinc; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

401K Plan with Employer Matching

Paid Time Off

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Job summary

Kairosinc is seeking a Senior Financial Accounting and Data Engineering SME to join their team in Arlington, Virginia. The role involves developing data products and supporting data engineering efforts within Department of Defense environments.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, and over 10 years of relevant experience. This position offers a competitive salary range of $160,000 to $230,000 along with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of DoD experience in data engineering, automation, and application development.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive alignment across teams.
• Detail oriented with excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support ongoing data, AI, and platform engineering efforts.
• Provide subject matter expertise to resolve complex integration challenges.
• Help build coalitions to achieve data engineering goals.

Skills

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Project management skills

Customer relations

Microsoft Office suite proficiency

Verbal and written communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field

Master’s degree in a relevant technical field (desired)

Job description

Financial Accounting and Data Engineering SME

KAIROS, Inc is searching for an energetic, experienced, and highly motivated Senior Financial Accounting and Data Engineering SME to join our team.

Established in July 2013, KAIROS, Inc. is a growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing full life cycle Cybersecurity, Program Management, Engineering, Logistics, Additive Manufacturing, and Training and Education services focused on optimizing customers’ program performance and mission through proven methodologies and ethical practices. Our headquarters is in California, MD near Naval Air Station Patuxent River. We offer competitive salaries and benefits with outstanding growth potential.

This position will develop data products using NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS networks.

Primary Duties

• Supports ongoing data, AI, and platform engineering, platform architecture, and devops efforts.
• Provides rapid engineering capabilities for application development, data engineering development, and AI development across NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS.
• Help train other Military and Government engineering teammates and share knowledge from prior experience.
• Support Department of Navy (DON) advanced data engineering, AI, and platform engineering efforts aligned to priority use cases supporting DASN (FM&C).
• Lead and support other engineering and engineering team management efforts as required.
• Help build data, platform, and AI coalitions necessary to achieve DASN (FM&C) goals and priorities.
• Ability to support rapid devops cadence across all classifications supporting the Senior most leaders throughout the Department.
• Establish software, data, AI, and platform engineering special operations team aligned to DASN (FM&C).
• Provide DoD financial accounting system subject matter expertise and architectural engineering concepts to resolve the DON’s most complex data integration and data automation challenges.

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive alignment across teams.
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage cross‑functional teams.
• Strong customer relations, analytics, and documentation skills.
• Self‑starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality.
• Microsoft Office suite proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work within a challenging, fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to multi‑task and meet competing, deliverable deadlines.
• Detail oriented.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and communicate issues.
• Ability to adapt to evolving technology.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, operations research, software engineering, or another technical field (required).
• Master’s degree in any of the above fields (desired).
• Ten (10) or more years of DoD experience supporting large‑scale data engineering, data automation, and application development efforts using Advana, NIPR, SIPR, and/or JWICS environments.

Clearance

This position is subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. In order to complete the requirements for a government security clearance investigation you must be a U.S. citizen and be able to complete the full background investigation. This position requires an Active Secret Security Clearance.

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this position is $160,000 to $230,000. KAIROS also provides a comprehensive benefits package as additional employee compensation.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Employer Paid Dental, Vision, Basic Life/AD&D, Short‑Term/Long‑Term Insurance
• Health Savings Account with Contribution by Employer
• 401K Plan with Employer Matching
• Annual Discretionary Bonuses
• Paid Time Off
• Eleven (11) Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Community outreach events through our KAIROS Kares group

Equal Employment Opportunity

KAIROS, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

To learn more about our organization, visit our website at https://www.kairosinc.net/