Senior Data Engineer - TS/SCI Required

Responsibilities

• Defining and developing techniques to integrate, consolidate, and structure data for functional workflows and analytical use
• Understanding complex and organization-specific datasets
• Producing dashboards and visualizations to support complex client requirements
• Conducting root cause analysis, identifying errors, and refactoring pipelines as needed
• Performing analyses to answer routine and ad hoc questions as identified in the data being leveraged
• Developing and improving standard operating procedures
• Communicating with data analysts and developers to design tools and applications to improve response to repeat requests
• Researching, analyzing, and documenting the benefits of various technical approaches
• Proposing alternative designs and processes to manage various types of data using both standard and custom tables and fields
• Working in teams and independently
• Supporting the maturation of data quality
• Transforming business processes through automation
• Supporting the development of junior teammates through technical mentoring, code review, and other assistance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, information systems, data analytics, or other related business or quantitative discipline
• 15+ years experience in data engineering or related field
• Experience with ETL process and concepts
• Knowledge and experience manipulating and joining data from various sources and in various formats
• Ability to query datasets from multiple sources, knowledge of data refresh methodologies, and ability to leverage data models
• High level of competency with data engineering coding languages like SQL and Python
• Self-starter with the vision to independently identify opportunities for improvement through data analytics
• A true team player who maintains a positive attitude in a dynamic environment
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral
• P roven ability to work with business customers and technical teams
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent customer relationship management skills
• Innovative problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work on client site in the NCR in Washington, D.C.
• Active TS/SCI required. CI Polygraph required for the position; candidates without a current polygraph will be sponsored for upgrade