Data Engineer

Overview

Data Engineer – Join Life Cycle Engineering in support of the NCIS IT support services mission headquartered in Quantico, Virginia. The Information Technology Directorate (ITD) supports the NCIS core mission areas to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats by planning for and providing services through appropriate use of the people, equipment, technology, and infrastructure resources of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Position Summary: As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for transforming data into a format that can be easily analyzed by developing, maintaining, and testing infrastructures for data generation. You will collaborate closely with data scientists and data architects to provide solutions and enable data-driven decision-making by collecting, transforming, and publishing data.

Clearance Requirements: Must have an active DoD Top Secret Clearance.

• Design, build, operationalize, secure, and monitor data processing systems with emphasis on security and compliance; capability and efficiency; reliability and fidelity; and flexibility and portability/mobility.
• Facilitate data collection and cleaning with basic analytical skills. Primary drafter and editor of organizational data-related policy.
• Ability to leverage, deploy, and continuously train pre-existing machine learning models.
• Ability to design data processing systems, build and operationalize data processing systems, operate machine learning models and ensure solution quality.
• Managing data pipelines and driving automation through effective metadata management.

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, data management, information systems, information science or a related quantitative field [or equivalent work experience] is required.
• An advanced degree in computer science (MS), statistics, applied mathematics (Ph.D.), information science (MIS), data management, information systems, information science (post-graduation diploma or related) or a related quantitative field [or equivalent work experience] is preferred.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in IT, with at least six (6) years or more of work experience in data management disciplines including [data integration, modeling, optimization and data quality], and/or other areas directly relevant to data engineering responsibilities and tasks.
• Strong experience with advanced analytics tools for object-oriented/object function scripting using languages such as R, Python, Java, and C++.
• Strong ability to design, build and manage data pipelines for data structures encompassing data transformation, data models, schemas, metadata and workload management.
• The ability to work with both IT and business in integrating analytics and data science output into business processes and workflows.
• Strong experience with popular database programming languages including SQL and PL/SQL for relational databases and certifications on upcoming No
  
  SQL/Hadoop oriented databases like Mongo
  
  DB.

• Travel will be required to support this task (up to 25% travel).
• Regular physical activity to include walking, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, reaching, lifting (up to 30 pounds), and standing; occasional prolonged sitting.
• Ability to speak, read, hear and write, with or without assistance.
• Ability to use phone and computer systems, copier, fax and other office equipment.

This position description re presents a summary of the major components and requirements of the outlined job. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned or required as business needs dictate. Questions regarding this description should immediately be addressed to the department manager or to Human Resources.

About Life Cycle Engineering

Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is a privately held, employee-owned company with an emphasis on "doing the right thing the right way". We are proud to have been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" in Engineering and in many states and local communities in which we work. Learn more at

Our mission is to enable people and organizations to achieve their full potential.

As a professional services organization, our mission is focused on our clients  people and organizations. It is our company s cornerstone belief that we will not lead the industry in assisting our clients unless we excel at helping our own people and teams reach their full potential.

Our corporate culture encourages personal and professional growth because LCE s success depends on the talent, innovation, professionalism, and commitment of its employees. LCE is a strengths-based organization focused on turning individual talents into strengths and then turning individual strengths into organizational performance that supports our clients  success.

• Affordable Medical/Dental/Vision Plans for employees and their families
• Free Employee Life and Disability…