Cleared Data Focused Software Engineer - TS/SCI w/Poly required

Data Engineer

McLean, Va

TS/SCI w/ FSP required

This role is part of a mission critical directorate where you will have significant impact on Mission (pointy end of spear). Due to the priority of this funded and sole-sourced opportunity, we are offering up to a $20k signing bonus and the top 5% of the current market pay scale to support the right hire!

The Data Engineer will design, develop, code, test, and debug complex new software products, or make significant enhancements to existing software. The ideal candidate is a hands-on platform builder with significant experience in developing scalable data platforms, with experience in business intelligence, analytics, data science and data products. They must have strong, firsthand technical expertise in a variety of configuration management and big data technologies and the proven ability to fashion robust scalable solutions that can manage large data sets. They must be at ease working in an agile environment with little supervision. This person should embody a passion for continuous improvement and innovation. The focus of work for this position will be web development and system front end.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience

Over 5 years of hands-on Pentaho experience

Over 2 years of software development experience in JavaScript, Python, PySpark, or other object-oriented development languages

Required Skills:

1. Min 5 years of solid Pentaho-specific ETL development experience.
2. Min 2 years of Python and Pyspark (Pandas are ok, if the developer is very strong otherwise) (15%)
3. 3 or more years of development within the CIA or NSA environment. (5%)

Desired Skills:

1. Ability to create customized* Pentaho components using Java

• Vacation – 5 weeks of accrued paid vacation per year (i.e., 8.33 hours accrued per pay period worked)

• Holidays - Paid holidays published annually by the Office of Personnel Management, excluding Inauguration Day

• 100% paid for Health Benefits* (United Healthcare, Guardian Dental, VSP Vision, MetLife, Life and Disability Insurance and annual $1500 employer HSA contribution on qualified plans) *health benefits kick in the 1st of the month following your start date

• 6% 401k Contribution (3% paid out during each pay period, the additional 3% will be paid out as a lump sum in Q1 each year)

• Training Reimbursement – Approved training and education expenses will be reimbursed

• Travel Expenses – Approved travel expenses will be reimbursed *Note – From time to time, the company may change employee benefits.