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SITEC - Data Engineer - Camp H.M. Smith, HI

Peraton · Smith, IN · 2 wk ago
On-siteInformation Technology$112k–$179k/yrFull-time

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

About the Role

Peraton requires Data Engineers to support the Special Operation Command Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) - 3. This position is located at Camp H. M. Smith, HI. The purpose of the Special Operations Forces Information Technology Enterprise Contract (SITEC) 3 Enterprise Operations and Maintenance (EOM) Task Order (TO) is to provide USSOCOM, its Component Commands, its Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), and its deployed forces with Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services.

The Data Engineer will serve as a technical subject matter expert focused on the visibility and analytics capabilities supporting the enterprise architecture. This role is responsible for engineering, deploying, and maintaining comprehensive data ingestion pipelines into the enterprise environment. The engineer will design and implement robust data onboarding processes, engineer edge processing solutions for data filtering and transformation, and establish standardized data tagging schemas.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer, configure, and maintain robust data onboarding pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured telemetry into the enterprise deployment.
  • Implement and optimize Universal Forwarders, Heavy Forwarders, and Edge Processors to manage data routing, filtering, and masking at the enterprise edge.
  • Design and implement standardized data tagging and field extraction schemas, mapping incoming data sources to the Common Information Model (CIM) to ensure downstream security tool readiness.
  • Develop custom technology add-ons (TAs) to parse, clean, and enrich non-standard mission data sources prior to ingestion.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex data parsing, event breaking, and time-stamping issues to guarantee search performance and minimize ingest-to-search latency.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects and network engineers to establish secure, encrypted, and highly available transport pathways (e.g., Syslog, or HEC).
  • Design and implement data reduction strategies and edge-filtering policies to optimize licensing costs while retaining critical logs in accordance with DoD compliance mandates.
  • Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including data flow diagrams, ingestion matrices, and data taxonomy schemas for all onboarded sources.
  • Develop data routing solutions across platforms like TAK, TRAX, Compass, CDS, MSS, cloud providers utilizing data schemas like PLI, FMV, CoT.

Requirements

  • Minimum 12 years of experience with a HS degree, 10 years with an AS/AA degree, 8 years with a BS/BA, or 6 years with an MS/MA.
  • DoD 8570 IAT II Certification.
  • DoD TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

  • Must be DoW 8140 compliant under the Work Role Code 451 - Systems Administrator - Intermediate level or higher by 1 Oct 26.
  • Previous experience operating within Department of War (DoW) or DoD enterprise network environments.
  • Deep understanding of the DoD Zero Trust Strategy, specifically focusing on the Data visibility, tagging, and analytics pillars.
  • Experience with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to automate data classification tasks and tool API integrations.
  • Hands-on experience with pipeline middleware and syslog aggregation tools, such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, syslog-ng, or Rsyslog.
  • Demonstrated experience configuring and scaling Splunk Edge Processors or Heavy Forwarders to filter, mask, and route high-volume telemetry at the enterprise edge.

Pay

Target salary range: $112,000 - $179,000. Salary is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including:

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Short/long term disability
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
  • Company paid holidays

A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

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