Junior Data Engineer

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Full Time 74 Charlottesville, VA, Charlottesville, VA, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

In this role, you will provide critical technical support for data informatics, management, and curation of data sets containing diverse scientific reports and information. Working on-site alongside the client and a collaborative data curation team, you will manage, review, and upload staged biologically oriented data repositories into a web-based application. This application serves as a vital resource across the Intelligence Community (IC) for data discovery and responding to Requests for Information (RFIs).

We are seeking a mission-oriented professional with a strong customer focus, excellent communication skills, and exceptional attention to detail.

• Data Curation & Integrity:
  Manage, curate, and review internal and external biologically oriented repository data sets containing scientific reports and intelligence information.
• System Uploads:
  Prepare and upload verified data sets into a web-based IC application to facilitate data discovery and support critical RFIs.
• Metadata Engineering:
  Review acquired materials to identify, compile, and document relevant metadata for various complex data sets.
• Data Organization:
  Maintain, navigate, and optimize structured folder systems where data repositories are organized and stored.
• Project Tracking & Git Lab Management:
  Use Git Lab to manage tasking via issues, update curation statuses, and maintain team SOPs, weekly updates, and workflows on Git Lab wiki pages.
• Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Act as a central communication link on-site, collaborating closely with clients, fellow curators, and software developers.

• Must be a US citizen.
• Must possess an active Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with CI Poly.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• In lieu of a degree, 4+ years of relevant data management experience.
• Proven experience working with complex folder data structures.
• Proven experience compiling and reviewing metadata from diverse data sets.
• Hands-on experience using Git Lab for task management (issues), wiki documentation, and team coordination
• Successful background and drug screening check.

• Knowledge of the biological or life sciences.
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) preferred in the life sciences or a data management-related field with 2+ years of relevant experience
• Prior experience working within Department of Defense (DOD) contracting environments.
• 1+ years’ direct experience working on data management or data curation projects.

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The majority of the time is spent in an office setting.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance, vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Founded in 1988 by Ret. Col. Jack L. Ezzell Jr., Zel Technologies is a trusted leader in national security, providing comprehensive research, development, engineering, and operational support to the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and federal agencies. Originally focused on leveraging operational and software expertise to improve time-critical targeting capabilities for the military, the company advanced its capabilities to provide scientific and HUMINT expertise for CBRNE collection and analysis.

In the wake of 9/11, Zel Technologies rapidly expanded its capabilities to provide turnkey ISR support services to US Special Operations Forces (SOF), as well as advanced technical & operational intelligence, physical & data science, and engineering support services to the greater Intelligence and SOF Communities supporting global counter terrorism and CWMD operations.

Today, Zel Technologies remains at the forefront of intelligence missions, advancing CWMD and global counter terrorism efforts, while also addressing emerging threats posed by near-peer adversaries. Our team remains committed to delivering adaptive, innovative, and…