Big Data Systems Engineer; Remote

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Belong, Connect, Grow, with K ! K ’s National Security Solutions (NSS) team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.

Title Big Data Systems Engineer (Remote)

K  is seeking a Big Data Systems Engineer to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the K  team supporting the Test Resource Management Center’s (TRMC) Big Data (BD) and Knowledge Management (KM) Team deploying BD and KM systems for DoD testing Ranges and various acquisition programs.

• The Big Data Systems Engineer will work on the deployment and integration of a highly visible data analytic project called Cloud Hybrid Edge-to-Enterprise Evaluation Test & Analysis Suite (CHEETAS) at multiple DoD ranges and labs.
• As a Big Data Systems Engineer, you will be a critical part of our technical team responsible for deploying CHEETAS within customer environments. You will be the frontline interface that customers will have when first experiencing CHEETAS within their DoD Range and lab environments.
• This position will require you to work closely with system administrators and software developers to communicate, document and ultimately resolve deployment issues as they arise.
• You will deploy CHEETAS within disparate DoD testing Ranges and acquisition programs environments (on different non-standard hardware stacks and integrated into different existing ecosystems) sometimes located within DoD vaults with no outside internet connectivity.
• Work on the deployment and integration of CHEETAS at multiple DoD ranges and labs.
• Deploy CHEETAS within customer environments.
• Work closely with system administrators and software developers to communicate, document and resolve deployment issues as they arise.
• Deploy CHEETAS within disparate DoD testing Ranges and acquisition programs environments (on different non-standard hardware stacks and integrated into different existing ecosystems) sometimes located within DoD vaults with no outside internet connectivity.

• Location:
  
  Remote - The candidate can either work in one of K ’s facilities or work from home, with a stable internet connection.
• Travel Requirements:
  This position is anticipated to require travel of 25% with surges possible up to 50% to support end users located at various DoD Ranges and Labs across the US (including Alaska and Hawaii).
• Working Hours:
  
  Standard

• Must have an active TS/SCI Security Clearance to be considered for this position.
• This position requires a bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics or related) and 10 years of DoD experience. Entry level Big Data Engineers will NOT be considered due to the breadth of knowledge necessary to be successful in the position.
• Three (3) years of hands-on experience in the integration with and configuration of SQL Server Big Data Cluster, CentOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Windows Server, VMWare, etc.
• Five (5) years of hands-on experience in big data environments.
• Adept at deploying and configuring Big Data and Knowledge Management tools in an enterprise environment.
• Extensive technical expertise in the configuration and troubleshooting of big data ecosystems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and comfort assisting customers with installation and configuration of their big data infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to become a CHEETAS deployment subject matter expert.
• Comfortable working with a wide range of stakeholders and functional teams at various levels of experience.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and strong personal motivation are necessary to succeed in this position.
• Experience with installation, configuration, integration with and usage of tools/technologies: NFS, SMB, S3, SQL Server, Windows Server, Windows 10/11, Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat).
• Prepared to learn new business processes or CHEETAS application nuances every Agile…