Real-Time Data Operations Engineer (TS/SCI)

Zachary Piper Solutions; Honolulu, Northern (HI, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

20 days paid time off

11 federal holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a TS/SCI cleared Tactical Data Operations Engineer to support the USAF Joint Fires Network in Honolulu, Hawaii. The role manages real-time data ingest, monitors data quality, and delivers mission-critical data feeds with on-site execution and cross-domain collaboration.

Ideal candidate has strong data engineering, scripting, data visualization, and operational support experience in technical environments, with proficiency in Python and exposure to JSON/XML data

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math or related field.
• 5–15 years in data engineering or related field.
• At least 1 year of real-time data streaming experience.
• Strong Python, JSON, and XML experience.
• Experience with data streaming tools (Kafka/Pulsar/Flink/Storm/Spark/Kafka).
• Experience with Linux operating system.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous real-time data ingest operations and monitor pipeline health.
• Visualize data findings via dynamic reports and dashboards for leadership.
• Use data tools to communicate real-time and historical trends.
• Collaborate with platform, software, and data teams to reconfigure pipelines.
• Handle data in Excel, CSV, JSON, and XML formats.
• Support incident management including root-cause analysis for outages.
• Develop software to automate monitoring of real-time data feeds and alerts.
• Leverage historical pipeline data to identify performance improvements.
• Assist in designing web-based collaboration and reporting tools.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Python or Bash scripting for analytics.

Skills

Python

Real-time data streaming

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

JSON

XML

Apache Kafka

Pulsar

Flink

Storm

Spark

Kinesis

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a TS/SCI cleared Tactical Data Operations Engineer to support the USAF Joint Fires Network in Honolulu, Hawaii. The role manages real-time data ingest, monitors data quality, and delivers mission-critical data feeds with on-site execution and cross-domain collaboration.

Ideal candidate has strong data engineering, scripting, data visualization, and operational support experience in technical environments, with proficiency in Python and exposure to JSON/XML data