Dataflow Systems Engineer

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right solutions for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.

About the role

As a Dataflow System Engineer on our team, you’ll shape the evolution of mission data governance by leading modernization efforts for the client's enterprise data flow team. You’ll provide Tier 1 operations support for customer data flow requests, specify requirements for new data flows, coordinate with data flow service providers, and define processes, business rules, and functional requirements for mission systems that support data flow. You’ll work closely with customers and stakeholders across a variety of roles and teams to plan and implement dataflows supporting critical cyber missions. You’ll broaden your skillset into areas like cross-domain technologies and concepts, data handling and tagging, and data schema development and validation while merging system engineering and mission data governance to create modernized processes and systems for a national security client.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working on contracts for the federal government
• Experience with data flow or mission systems
• Experience defining and applying data tagging and handling requirements
• Experience analyzing and defining data processing requirements
• Experience developing capability level and functional requirements, mission scenarios, use cases, or business processes
• Knowledge of data governance concepts such as data provenance, classification, sizing, retention, data sharing, and marking
• Knowledge of legal authorities for mission data
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT Engineering field and 2+ years of experience with systems or test engineering, or 6+ years of experience with systems or test engineering in lieu of a degree

Nice to have

• Experience defining requirements, architecture, or design elements for systems or software that deal with data exchange, interfaces, or APIs
• Experience with Apache Nifi
• Experience defining and modeling business processes and workflows, and identifying mechanisms and approaches for process improvement or automation
• Knowledge of signals intelligence (SIGINT) or cyber data discovery and analysis methods
• Knowledge of DoD agency policies and directives as they apply to IT SIGINT collection, dataflow, and information-sharing with internal and external partners
• Knowledge of DoD or IC data formats

Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Benefits

We celebrate your contributions, provide opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include:

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development and tuition assistance
• Work-life programs and dependent care
• Recognition awards program for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values

Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits.

Pay

Salary is determined by various factors, including location, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, contract-specific affordability, and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, collaborating directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Our people-first culture prioritizes collaboration, whether in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.