Senior Data Engineer

Prescient Edge; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with performance bonuses

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Substantial retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A federal consulting firm in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support a government client. The role involves enhancing analytical capabilities and designing robust data management systems. Qualified candidates should have at least 12 years of experience, with strong skills in data architecture, and a Master's degree is preferred. The position offers a competitive salary starting from $160,000, and requires a TS/SCI security clearance. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates looking to contribute to critical intelligence missions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of experience in relevant field.
• Experience within the last 2 years is required.
• Ability to manage independent tasks with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Support defense analytical requirements with enhanced research.
• Design and implement data storage and access systems.
• Work with users to create and optimize data architectures.

Skills

Data architecture design

Complex system analysis

Database technologies (SQL, NoSQL)

Data management systems implementation

Independent work

Collaboration and information sharing

Education

Master's Degree in related field

Bachelor's Degree + 5 years of relevant experience

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to support a federal government client.

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: $160,000 - $180,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description:

• 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.
• Shall design, implement, and operate data management systems for intelligence needs.
• Shall design data storage, access, use, integration, and management for different data regimes and digital systems.
• Shall work with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
• Shall plan, design, and optimize data throughput and query performance.
• Shall participate in the selection of backend database technologies (e.g. SQL, NoSQL, Graph Database, 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.

Job Requirements

Desired experiences :

• Minimum 12 years of experience related 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:

• Master’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: or have a bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related Senior experience for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the master’s degree.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• Washington, DC (DIA HQ).

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.