Senior Data and Application Engineer

About the role

KAIROS, Inc. is searching for an energetic, experienced, and highly motivated Senior Data and Application Engineer to join their team. This position is on-site in St. Inigoes, MD, with a teleworking opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Data and application engineering using existing enterprise architecture
• Provide data engineering, data automation, and automated data mapping capabilities that will be used to power a series of software applications
• Provide application engineering support necessary to deliver enterprise applications and required data analytics to achieve customer decision advantage
• Deliver secure, scalable, and modular platform architecture that is optimized for DoD enterprise data automation, AI model deployment, and continuous feature updates across a global network of priority data platforms and/or customer-owned systems
• Drive process standardization and platform improvements based on data analytics, performance metrics, and industry best practices
• Technology Leadership: Lead multi-disciplinary hardware, software, AI, and data engineering teams focused on delivering capabilities and features described on the latest KAIROS EPAD technology roadmap
• Recommend and implement cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to improve KAIROS data automation processes and platform capabilities
• Process Optimization and Automation: Identify areas for process improvement, focusing on automation powered by optimized software applications and data automation capabilities across all KAIROS technology stack components
• Continuously innovate new software application, data engineering, and AI capabilities focused on delivering a seamless, secure, scalable, and cost-effective suite of KAIROS software and data automation products
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and product teams to ensure the successful design and implementation of enterprise platform and data-automation solutions across various applications
• Work closely with supply chain and operations teams to ensure material availability, cost efficiency, and process sustainability
• Lead training programs and knowledge-sharing initiatives to build internal expertise
• Quality and Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and cybersecurity regulations
• Implement rigorous quality assurance and control protocols to ensure the production of reliable and high-quality data, AI, and platform engineering products
• Project Management: Lead KAIROS EPAD development projects from concept through execution, including project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and reporting
• Cookware, Qlik, Tableau, Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Java, R, and other data, software, and application development capabilities

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience in DoD NIPR, SIPR, and/or JWICS platform engineering processes
• Foundry, Qlik, Tableau, Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Java, R, and other data, software, and application development capabilities
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of leading technical discussions and driving alignment across teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in a fast-paced environment
• Strong customer relations, analytics, and documentation skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to work within a challenging, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to multitask and meet competing, deliverable deadlines
• Detail oriented
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and/or communicate issues
• To complete the requirements for government security clearance investigation, you must be a U.S. Citizen and be able to complete the full background investigation

Skills

• Foundry, Qlik, Tableau, Python, SQL, Apache Spark, Java, R, and other data, software, and application development capabilities
• Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, capable of leading technical discussions and driving alignment across teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in a fast-paced environment
• Strong customer relations, analytics, and documentation skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, strong work ethic with a commitment to quality
• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to work within a challenging, fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to multitask and meet competing, deliverable deadlines
• Detail oriented
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to provide clear status and/or communicate issues

Benefits

KAIROS also provides a comprehensive benefits package as additional employee compensation.