Secret-Cleared Data Engineer for DoD ELK/Kafka

Isys Technologies; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

I2X Technologies is seeking a Data Engineer Software Developer to support a DoD customer at Scott AFB, IL. The role is on-site and requires an active Secret clearance and Security+ certification.

You will design and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrate data from multiple systems, and implement solutions using Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift. The position emphasizes data security, DoD compliance, and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline with 4+ years of experience.
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines (ETL/ELT) and integrating multiple data sources.
• Experience with data warehouse and/or data lake technologies (e.g., AWS Redshift, S3, Hadoop, Snowflake, or similar).
• Proficiency with data engineering tools and languages such as Python, Java, SQL, and shell scripting.
• Experience with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and/or Kafka for data ingestion and processing.
• Familiarity with network operations data (logs, metrics, events, ticketing, CMDB) and related data models.
• Experience with Linux/UNIX system administration and automation.
• Knowledge of data security, access controls, and compliance frameworks (DoD, DISA, RMF, STIGs).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerized pipelines, version control (Git, Bitbucket), and DevOps practices.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Must be able to commute to Scott AFB, IL for up to full-time onsite support.
• Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, and maintains scalable data systems and pipelines for analytics and reporting.
• Unifies and integrates data from multiple network operations systems into a consistent platform with data quality and security.
• Implements solutions using Confluent Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift (Kubernetes) including dashboards with React/JavaScript/HTML.
• Develops and manages data warehouses and data lakes to support analytics and dashboards.
• Optimizes ingestion throughput, query performance, indexing, and storage across Elastic and Kafka.
• Automates ETL/ELT processes, data validation, monitoring, and supports CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborates with data analysts and visualization engineers; documents architecture and procedures.
• Troubleshoots data ingestion, processing, and platform performance issues.

Skills

communication

collaboration

documentation

problem solving

security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Python

Java

SQL

Shell scripting

Elastic Stack

Kafka

AWS

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Git

Bitbucket

React

JavaScript

Job description

I2X Technologies is seeking a Data Engineer Software Developer to support a DoD customer at Scott AFB, IL. The role is on-site and requires an active Secret clearance and Security+ certification.

You will design and maintain scalable data pipelines, integrate data from multiple systems, and implement solutions using Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift. The position emphasizes data security, DoD compliance, and CI/CD practices.