Junior Data Engineer: Geospatial & Cloud Pipelines

The Bison Group; Springfield (VA); In loco; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Bison Group, LLC is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to support a National Security mission, improving how analysts and end users access, discover, stage, link, deliver, and re-integrate intelligence data. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to enhance data delivery across cloud and enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines, API connectors, data models, validation, and monitoring, with a focus on reproducible code and scalable workflows.

Competenze

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
• Minimum Years of Experience: 1-3 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• Experience with geospatial or imagery data is required only for assignments that use those sources; otherwise, experience with comparable structured and unstructured data is acceptable.
• Experience writing code in Python, R, Scala, JavaScript, C++ with documentation for reproducibility, with the ability to write readable, tested, and documented code using Git.
• Strong knowledge and experience of visual programming or object-oriented modeling workflows to automate data acquisition.
• Practical experience with ETL/ELT workflows, relational data, and common structured or semi-structured data formats.
• Ability to apply data validation and analytical techniques to investigate data quality issues and assess the results of a solution.
• Experience developing, testing, and supporting data pipelines or integrations in a team environment.
• Ability to select and apply appropriate data transformation approaches, explain tradeoffs, and recognize when an issue needs senior review.
• Working knowledge of data modeling, metadata, or data catalog concepts.
• Exposure to cloud data platforms or tools such as AWS, Spark, Hadoop, Hive, Elasticsearch, or Tableau; specific tools depend on the assigned work.

Mansioni

• Design, build, test, and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows for analytics, reporting, and mission operations
• Develop and maintain API connectors and integrations that ingest data from internal platforms and external services
• Create and improve data models and processing workflows to meet established performance, scale, and reliability needs
• Implement data validation, quality checks, monitoring, and documentation for assigned data products and workflows
• Work with mission stakeholders, analysts, and architects to clarify requirements and deliver maintainable technical solutions
• Troubleshoot pipeline and data integration issues, support production deployments, and communicate risks or complex issues to the team

Conoscenze

Geospatial data

Python

R

Scala

JavaScript

C++

Git

Visual programming

ETL/ELT

Relational data

Data validation

Team data pipelines

Data transformation

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Formazione

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a related field

1-3 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree

Descrizione del lavoro

The Bison Group, LLC is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to support a National Security mission, improving how analysts and end users access, discover, stage, link, deliver, and re-integrate intelligence data. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to enhance data delivery across cloud and enterprise environments.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines, API connectors, data models, validation, and monitoring, with a focus on reproducible code and scalable workflows.