Fellow, Data Engineering Security Clearance

Position: Fellow, Data Engineering with Security Clearance
Overview Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact technical solutions to complex national security issues. With over 50 years of business expertise and consistent growth, we are known for continuous innovation for our government customers, both in the US and abroad. Our exceptionally talented team is highly collaborative in spirit and practice, producing Results that Matter. Come work with the best!

We offer opportunities, unique challenges, and clear-sighted commitment to the mission. SPA:
Objective. Responsive. Trusted. SPA has established a Fellows program in which there are positions aligned to Capabilities and Domains in support of the entire SPA company across all Divisions. The Data Engineering Fellow serves as the corporate lead responsible for providing strategic leadership, guidance, and experienced mentoring across SPA in technology and innovation related to Data-driven Engineering, Analytics, and Architectures in support of present and future systems.

SPA remains a forefront leader in delivering cutting-edge analytics, modeling & simulation solutions, wargaming, and resilient accurate integrated engineering solutions to clients across the Federal Government. At the core of all this capability is the underlying data architecture, tools, and capabilities. The Data Engineering Fellow reports into the Chief Capabilities Office (CCO) and will help SPA design and mature robust data architectures and analytic approaches that leverage a wide range of data types (e.g., structured/tabular, log data, text, imagery, video, sensor/telemetry) to deliver actionable insights for government customers.

The focus is on turning structured and unstructured, distributed data into reliable, secure, and usable information to support the customer mission. This is a fractional, part-time role expected to average approximately 40 hours per quarter (roughly one week of full-time effort every three months), focused on high-impact strategic contributions rather than day-to-day operations. Contributions will advance the Capability expertise broadly across the many Domains SPA supports.

Responsibilities The Data Engineering Fellow responsibilities are defined as follows:
Cultivation of market-relevant SPA expertise in data engineering and analytics:
* Define expert knowledge and skills across Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels, focusing on current market needs and future anticipation through inciteful industry knowledge and engagement. Sustain structured repositories including white papers, case studies, and pedigreed data sets to facilitate expertise development and collaboration. Implement quality assurance within training, products, and development processes related to data engineering. Define an expertise assessment process leading to tiered certifications for the Capability Create objective, appropriate, and transparent assessment methods to certify expertise levels for Data Engineers, Data Analyst, and Data Architects erage external certifications and qualifications for assisting SPA in playing and executing credible training in areas of Data Engineering and Analytics.

* Ensure the conduct of high-quality training at all expert levels. Promote best practices, emerging techniques, and professional development. Provide high-quality training across data engineering disciplines through community of practice, training, and various levels of engagement. Work across SPA to assure accessible training and information for data engineers across SPA.. Encourage personal expertise growth, focusing on mentoring young, mid-level and more experienced personnel.

Market & Client Visibility:
* Ensure SPA expertise representation is evident across market/client platforms, conferences, and social media as beneficial to the business.
* Participate in strategy sessions for data-driven solutions on high-priority opportunities. Support proposal development by contributing insights or identifying expertise partners.
* Train the team in client engagement, professional presentations, and writing-highlighting responsible handling of classified information. Support customer meetings and engagements as appropriate to assisting the capture and BD process. Be at the cutting edge:
* Lead forward-looking initiatives that support innovation & influence, stay ahead of market trends and prevent client surprises while contextualizing innovation historically. Advocate for new areas of expertise to fulfill client needs and position SPA as an industry thought leader, with particular emphasis on the following areas
* Strategic data and analytics guidance:
Provide periodic strategic guidance on SPA's enterprise data engineering and analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with government customer mission requirements and federal priorities such as national security, mission efficiency, and responsible data use.
* Architecture and technical review:
Review and advise on the design of data platforms and pipelines (e.g., data lakes,…