Mid Data Engineer with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Networking

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a senior data systems designer to architect and operate data management systems for intelligence needs in Washington, DC. The role requires deep expertise in data architectures, storage strategies, and performance optimization.

The candidate will work with backend databases (SQL, NoSQL, HPC) to deliver robust data pipelines and support defense analytical requirements. A Bachelor’s degree is required, with 8+ years of relevant experience and ability to obtain clearance.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the labor category, with recent experience.
• Demonstrates mission knowledge and ability to complete developmental training.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Designs, implements, and operates data management systems for intelligence needs.
• Designs data storage, access, and management across regimes and systems.
• Plans and optimizes data throughput and query performance.
• Selects backend database technologies (SQL, NoSQL, HPC) and optimizes full data pipeline infrastructure.
• Supports defense analytical requirements with advanced technical analyses.

Skills

Data management

Data architecture

Query optimization

Backend databases

Data throughput

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

HPC

Job description

Benefits: At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $130,000 - $160,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data. Description:
• Designs, implements, and operates data management systems for intelligence needs.
• Designs how data will be stored, accessed, used, integrated, and managed by different data regimes and digital systems.
• Works with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
• Plans, designs, and optimizes data throughput and query performance.
• Participates in the selection of backend database technologies (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, HPC, etc.), their configuration and utilization, and the optimization of the full data pipeline infrastructure to support the actual content, volume, ETL, and periodicity of data to support the intended kinds of queries and analysis to match expected responsiveness.
• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research, capability limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis/characterizations, facility, and vulnerability assessments.
• Analysis and production include, but is not limited to, complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities and/or equipment and can emphasize one or more area(s) pertaining to electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, electromagnetic, electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) and/or similar areas associated with current and projected electronic systems and/or subsystems. This includes, but is not limited to, electrical engineering and sub-disciplines of computer, electronic, optical, and power engineering.
• Job Requirements Desired experiences:
• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
• Desired education:
• Bachelor’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• An additional 4 years of experience in the specific labor category, for a total of 12 years of experience in the specific labor category, may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Security Clearance:
• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.
• Location:
• Washington, DC (DIA HQ).