Tactical 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 is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Tactical Data Operations Engineer to support the United States Air Force's Joint Fires Network program in Honolulu, Hawaii. This full‑time, on‑site role focuses on managing real‑time data ingest operations, monitoring data quality, and supporting the delivery of mission‑critical data feeds. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in data engineering, scripting, data visualization, and operational support within technical environments.

Period of Performance (Contract Length):

• 5 years.
• Program has been awarded and is live.
• Currently in month 7 out of 5 years.

Location and Work Environment:

• Full‑time on‑site role in a site near Ft. Shafter/Camp Smith area in Honolulu, Hawaii, supporting operational data pipelines and mission systems.
• Position operates in a low supervision independent capacity, working with cross-domain groups across the nation.

Responsibilities:

• Support continuous data ingest operations, monitoring data feeds, pipeline health, and overall data quality.
• Visualize and interpret data findings through dynamic reports and dashboards for leadership and users.
• Use data manipulation and visualization tools to communicate real‑time and historical trends.
• Collaborate with platform, software, and data engineering teams to reconfigure pipelines for improved reliability.
• Work with data in multiple formats including Excel, CSV, JSON, and XML.
• Support incident management processes including issue documentation, resolution, and root‑cause analysis for recurring data outages.
• Develop and maintain software to automate monitoring of real‑time data feeds, including alerts for timeliness, lineage, volume, and distribution issues.
• Leverage historical pipeline data to identify improvements in ingest performance and reliability.
• Assist with designing, developing, testing, and implementing web‑based collaboration and reporting tools.
• Demonstrate proficiency in Python or Bash scripting for analytics, automation, and data operations.
• Utilize open‑source analytics and visualization tools to monitor system performance.

Qualifications:

• Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5-15 years of experience in data engineering or related experience
• At least 1+ years of experience with real-time data streaming
• Strong experience handling structured and unstructured data across various formats.
• Proficiency with Python
• Experience with JSON or XML
• Experience with any of the following data streaming tools such as: Apache (Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, Storm, Samza, Spark, Beam, Redpanda, or NiFi), Confluent Platform, StreamNative Platform, Cloudera Streaming, AWS Kinesis Data Streams/Firehose, AWS MSK, Google Cloud Data Stream, Google Dataflow (stream mode), RabbitMQ, NATS Jetstream, ZeroMQ.
• Experience with Linux OS

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with intelligence and C2 data sets (ELINT, COMINT, MASINT, GEOINT).
• Knowledge of data mining, data modeling, statistics, and machine learning.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes cluster deployment and management.

Compensation:

• Pay range: $150,000 - $220,000 (Based on years of relevant experience)

Benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, 20 days of paid time off, 11 federal holidays, and sick leave.

Application Period: Opens on 09/14/2026 and will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.