SITEC - Data Engineer - Camp H.M. Smith, HI

Peraton; Waipahu (HI); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Data Engineer to support SITEC 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance for USSOCOM. You will build and maintain robust data ingestion pipelines, edge processing, and standardized tagging schemas to ensure high-fidelity data lineage and compliant telemetry integration.

The role requires hands-on experience with logging platforms, data routing, and secure transport paths, enabling threat hunting and comprehensive compliance reporting across enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years with a High School degree, 10 years with AS/AA, 8 years with BS/BA, 6 years with MS/MA.
• DoD 8570 IAT II Certification required.
• DoD TS/SCI clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Ingest structured and unstructured telemetry into the enterprise deployment.
• Configure and optimize data forwarding at the edge (Forwarders/Processors).
• Design standardized data tagging and field extraction schemas.
• Develop add-ons to parse and enrich non-standard mission data sources.
• Troubleshoot data parsing, event timing, and search latency issues.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure secure, encrypted transport paths.
• Implement data reduction strategies to optimize licensing costs.
• Maintain documentation including data flow diagrams and ingestion matrices.

Skills

Data integration

Python

Edge processing

Data tagging

Data analytics

Security monitoring

Education

High School Diploma

AS/AA degree

BS/BA degree

MS/MA degree

Tools

Splunk

Kafka

NiFi

syslog-ng

Rsyslog

Job description

Responsibilities

Peraton requiresData Engineers to support the Special Operation Command Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) – 3. This position islocatedatCamp H.M. Smith, HI.

The purpose of the Special Operations Forces Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance (EOM) Task Order (TO) is to provide USSOCOM, its Component Commands, its Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), and its deployed forces with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services to maintain Network Operations (NetOps); maintain systems and network infrastructure; provide end user and common device support; provide configuration, change, license, and asset management; conduct training, and perform Install, Move, Add, Change (IMACs) services. The responsibilities and tasks associated with each requirement play a pivotal role to USSOCOM, the CIO/J6 organization, and ultimately the end-user who operate around the globe 24x7x365.

The Data Engineer will serve as a technical subject matter expert focused on the visibility and analytics capabilities supporting the enterprise architecture. This role is responsible for engineering, deploying, and maintaining comprehensive data ingestion pipelines into the enterprise environment. The engineer will design and implement robust data onboarding processes, engineer edge processing solutions for data filtering and transformation, and establish standardized data tagging schemas. By leveraging enterprise logging and telemetry platforms, the engineer will ensure high-fidelity data lineage, optimal storage tiering, and compliant telemetry integration to support advanced threat hunting and compliance reporting.

• Engineer, configure, and maintain robust data onboarding pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured telemetry into the enterprise deployment.
• Implement and optimize Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, and Edge Processors to manage data routing, filtering, and masking at the enterprise edge.
• Design and implement standardized data tagging and field extraction schemas, mapping incoming data sources to the Common Information Model (CIM) to ensure downstream security tool readiness.
• Develop custom technology add-ons (TAs) to parse, clean, and enrich non-standard mission data sources prior to ingestion.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex data parsing, event breaking, and time‑stamping issues to guarantee search performance and minimize ingest‑to‑search latency.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects and network engineers to establish secure, encrypted, and highly available transport pathways (e.g., Syslog, or HEC).
• Design and implement data reduction strategies and edge‑filtering policies to optimize licensing costs while retaining critical logs in accordance with DoD compliance mandates.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including data flow diagrams, ingestion matrices, and data taxonomy schemas for all onboarded sources.
• Develop data routing solutions across platforms like TAK, TRAX, Compass, CDS, MSS, cloud providers utilizing data schemas like PLI, FMV, CoT.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Min 12 years with HS degree, 10 years with AS/AA degree, 8 years with BS/BA, 6 years with MS/MA
• DoD 8570 IAT II Certification
• DoD TS/SCI clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Must be with DoW 8140 compliant under the Work Role Code 451 – Systems Administrator - Intermediate level or higher by 1 Oct 26.
• Previous experience operating within Department of War (DoW) or DoD enterprise network environments.
• Deep understanding of the DoD Zero Trust Strategy, specifically focusing on the Data visibility, tagging, and analytics pillars.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to automate data classification tasks and tool API integrations.
• Hands‑on experience with pipeline middleware and syslog aggregation tools, such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, syslog-ng, or Rsyslog.
• Demonstrated experience configuring and scaling Splunk Edge Processors or Heavy Forwarders to filter, mask, and route high‑volume telemetry at the enterprise edge.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.