Remote Senior Systems Engineer - Cloud Data Pipeline

GovCIO; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Cloud Data Pipeline (CDP) and engineering services across the U.S. Coast Guard. This 100% remote role focuses on building an enterprise data ingestion and sharing framework using Confluent and Apache Kafka within USCG environments.

You will lead implementation, maintenance, and sustainment across the CDP lifecycle, ensure security and compliance, and collaborate with federal customers to modernize data capabilities.

Qualifications

• Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification.
• Proficient in Java, .NET, or Python.
• Strong Linux system administration experience.
• Experience with Confluent Platform and Apache Kafka.
• PUMP RBAC administrative process experience.
• Expert in configuration management and system architecture concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead CDP deployment planning and execution.
• Maintain and optimize data ingestion and sharing pipelines.
• Oversee long-term sustainment and modernization of the CDP.

Skills

DoD 8570 IAT II

Java

.NET

Python

Linux

Confluent Kafka

RBAC admin

Config mgmt

System architecture

Education

High School

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

GovCIO is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to support the Cloud Data Pipeline (CDP) and engineering services across the U.S. Coast Guard. This 100% remote role focuses on building an enterprise data ingestion and sharing framework using Confluent and Apache Kafka within USCG environments.

You will lead implementation, maintenance, and sustainment across the CDP lifecycle, ensure security and compliance, and collaborate with federal customers to modernize data capabilities.