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

Paid time off

Federal holidays

Sick leave

401k

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 focuses on real-time data ingest, quality monitoring, and delivery of mission-critical feeds on a full-time, on-site basis.

The ideal candidate has 5–15 years in data engineering, strong scripting and visualization skills, and experience with diverse data formats and streaming tools. Local candidates with proximity to Ft. Shafter area preferred.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 5–15 years in data engineering or related experience.
• At least 1+ year of real-time data streaming experience.
• Strong experience with structured and unstructured data formats.
• Proficiency with Python.
• Experience with JSON or XML.
• Experience with data streaming tools (Kafka, Confluent, Kinesis, etc.)
• Experience with Linux OS.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous data ingest operations and monitor feeds.
• Visualize data findings with dashboards for leadership and users.
• Communicate trends with data manipulation and visualization tools.
• Collaborate with platform, software, and data engineering teams to reconfigure pipelines.
• Handle data in formats like Excel, CSV, JSON and XML.
• Support incident management and root-cause analysis for outages.
• Develop software to automate monitoring of real-time feeds with alerts.
• Leverage historical data to improve ingest performance and reliability.
• Contribute to design, development, testing of web-based collaboration tools.
• Demonstrate Python or Bash scripting for analytics and automation.
• Use open-source analytics and visualization tools to monitor system performance.

Skills

Python

Data engineering

Scripting

Data visualization

Linux OS

Real-time streaming

Education

Bachelors in CS/Engineering/Math/Physics/Info Systems

Tools

JSON

XML

Kafka

Confluent Platform

AWS Kinesis

NiFi

RabbitMQ

ZeroMQ

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 09/08/2026 and will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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