Cloud Architect/Data Engineer

Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI

City: Reston

State/Territory: Virginia

Travel: None

Potential for Teleworking: No

Schedule: Full Time

DoD 8570 IAT Requirement: None

DoD 8570 IAM Requirement: None

DoD 8570 IASAE Requirement: None

DoD CSSP Requirement: None

Primary Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work with a diverse group of engineers in developing solutions for ingesting heterogeneous datasets in large volumes to the data store
• Design, maintain, and improve database schemas and data models
• Participate in engineering design sessions to understand dependencies and interactions with data stores and layer
• Assist with monitoring & optimizing technical variances of ElasticSearch data clusters; facilitate resolution of technical issues that adversely impact successful product delivery
• Participate in daily scrums and program increment planning sessions

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 8-10 years of relevant experience or Master's Degree with 6-8 years of relevant experience
• Possess a DoD TS security clearance and be able to obtain a DoD TS/SCI with CI Poly
• Experience with Microservices architecture development, to include enabling technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with software configuration management tools such as Git/Gitlab
• Experience with Apache Kafka/Apache Pulsar/RabbitMQ or other messaging technologies
• Experience with REST APIs and web services
• Experience in administering databases including but not limited to: SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle
• Hands-on experience in designing database schema, data models (Relational, Entity-Relationship, Object-based, etc.) and performance tuning
• Experience working with Linux operating systems
• Experience with big data technologies including Hadoop, HDFS, and Spark
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to collaborate with customer representatives, domain experts, systems engineers and architects
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution situations involving the full spectrum of system integration activities
• Experience working with a highly technical team and in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

• Highly Desired - Familiarity with data integration with Elasticsearch
• Highly Desired - Familiarity with Elasticsearch performance tunning
• Highly Desired - Familiarity with Elasticsearch mapping & data models
• Development experience with cloud or hybrid cloud big data applications
• Experience with Agile software development (Scrum, SAFe)
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps and CI/CD implementation