Data Engineer

Belcan is hiring a Data Engineer in Northern Virginia. This is a fully on-site position.

Responsibilities:

• Support the configuration and ingestion of designated structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data repositories into capabilities that satisfy mission partner requirements and support a data analytics and Dev Ops pipeline to drive rapid delivery of functionality to the client.
• Maintain all operational aspects of data transfers while accounting for the security posture of the underlying infrastructure and the systems and applications that are supported and monitoring the health of the environment through a variety of health tracking capabilities.
• Automate configuration management, leverage tools, and stay current on data extract, transfer, and load (ETL) technologies and services.
• Work under general guidance, demonstrate an initiative to develop approaches to solutions independently, review architecture, and identify areas for automation, optimization, right-sizing, and cost reduction to support the overall health of the environment.
• Apply comprehension of data engineering-specific technologies and services, leverage expertise in databases and a variety of approaches to structuring and retrieving of data, comprehend Cloud architectural constructs, and support the establishment and maintenance of Cloud environments programmatically using vendor consoles.
• Engage with multiple functional groups to comprehend client challenges, prototype new ideas and new technologies, help to create solutions to drive the next wave of innovation, and design, implement, schedule, test, and deploy full features and components of solutions.
• Maintain an existing collection of web scraping tools used as the initial step of the ETL process.
• Identify and implement scalable and efficient coding solutions.

Qualifications:

• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance and must be able to achieve a TS/SCI clearance with scope.
• Bachelor's degree plus 5-7 years experience, or a Master's Degree plus 3 years of experience.
• Experience with Big Data systems, including Apache Spark / Databricks.
• Experience with ETL processes.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Mil Cloud 2.0.
• Applying DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and automating that process.
• Experience with multiple coding languages.

Compensation: We provide a competitive pay and benefits package. This position is offering a salary range of ,000. Belcan considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to education, experience, geographic location, and discipline. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.