Data Operations Engineer

DATA OPERATIONS ENGINEER

Concurrent Technologies Corporation

Johnstown, PA

Minimum

Clearance Required:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Secret

Employee Background Check Required

Join CTC's Data Revolution:
Shape the Future of Enterprise Intelligence

In a rapidly changing world, data is the key to strategic advantage and mission success. As a Data Operations Engineer at CTC, you will be at the forefront of our digital transformation, collaborating with cybersecurity experts, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) innovators, and enterprise architects across the company to build comprehensive cutting-edge data governance strategies and solutions. You'll work with innovative data management technologies, state-of-the-art analytics platforms, and next-generation decision support tools that directly impact national security and defense readiness.

Your role will be instrumental in establishing CTC's authoritative 'single source of truth' for enterprise data, implementing robust data quality frameworks, and ensuring compliance with critical standards including Capability Maturity Model Compliance CMMC Level 2, NIST cybersecurity guidelines, and federal data protection requirements. You'll curate and protect sensitive data assets while enabling AI-driven insights that enhance our support to U.S. warfighters and strengthen our competitive edge in the federal marketplace.

Working with our Chief Data and Information Officer, you'll help safeguard our national security mission, retain U.S. technological advantage, and ensure the primacy of American manufacturing through secure, compliant, and intelligent data operations. Our data solutions also improve safety and occupational health across numerous DoD sites, support emergency response accountability, and ensure the continuity of vital defense operations.

With CTC, you become part of a dedicated team of over 500 scientific, technical, and business professionals who are passionate, humble, relentless, and treat people like family. Together, we're not just managing data—we're shaping a safer, more secure future for our nation and our warfighters.

• Serve as the primary custodian of enterprise data assets to ensure adherence to corporate policies, governance frameworks, and legal and best practice data standards including CMMC Level 2, NIST cybersecurity frameworks, and federal data protection requirements. Oversee data governance across hybrid environments, including cloud (e.g., Azure Government) and on-premises systems.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated data ingestion, transformation, and validation processes into organizational workflows and decision-making processes. Build data pipelines across diverse data sources, including structured (SQL/Oracle), semi-structured (JSON, XML), and unstructured data (flat files, Net App storage systems).
• Collaborate with cybersecurity experts and enterprise architects to develop and maintain data governance policies, metadata management systems, and data lifecycle processes supporting CTC’s sites.
• Monitor and audit data usage to ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and cross-domain security standards for unclassified environments that include Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and For Official Use Only (FOUO) data. Conduct regular assessments of data assets to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Implement and maintain data quality frameworks, identify and resolve data inconsistencies, and support AI/ML initiatives that enhance decision-making to ensure data quality, integrity, and security.
• Support implementation of data governance tools, enterprise platforms, cloud-based platforms (including Gov Cloud-high GCC-high), and technologies like graph databases and ontology management systems.
• Establish the guidelines and policy for the flat data storage solutions, including Net App and other NAS/SAN systems, ensuring efficient data organization, retrieval, and lifecycle management. Optimize storage performance and scalability while maintaining compliance with data retention policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on…