Data Engineer

SciTec•Princeton, NJ

14h

About The Position

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions. Important Notice: SciTec exclusively works on U.S. government contracts that require U.S. citizenship for all employees. SciTec cannot sponsor or assume sponsorship of employee work visas of any type. Further, U.S. citizenship is a requirement to obtain and keep a security clearance. Applicants that do not meet these requirements will not be considered. SciTec is seeking a Data Engineer to work as part of our Project Control team to design, build, and maintain a scalable infrastructure for company wide resource and project management. The ideal candidate is passionate about data, technology, and automation and has a strong technical background in data engineering, with a combination of technical and business skills and a demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence/Analytics, or a related field
At least 3 years of experience in data engineering or software development
Development experience in Python and working knowledge of UI programming languages (i.e., JavaScript/TypeScript)
Experience working with complex data objects in various formats like JSON, XML and across different DB designs like PostgreSQL, MySQL
Orchestrate automated deployments across development, test, and production environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
Experience with AWS and deploying to cloud services
Agile development experience working with tools such as Gitlab, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and attention to detail
Effective communication and teamwork abilities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
Ability to multi-task, communicate effectively, collaborate in a team setting, and handle assignments independently
Ability to obtain government security clearance
Strong numerical, verbal, and written communication skills
Good verbal and written communication skills
Detail oriented

Nice To Haves

At least 5 years of experience in data engineering or software development
Active DoD Security Clearance
Resumes, Cover Letters, and Applications which are generated by AI will not be considered for employment

Responsibilities

Designing, building, and maintaining a scalable data driven resource planning and management infrastructure used for collecting, storing, processing, and analyzing business and project execution data
Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, and project control specialists to define requirements and features to meet operational objectives and to support analytics use cases
Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading structured and unstructured data from various sources into data storage systems
Manage and optimize data storage solutions, including databases, operational data stores, and data warehouses, to ensure high performance, reliability, and security
Identify and address performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and infrastructure through optimization, tuning, and capacity planning
Document data pipelines, infrastructure configurations, and best practices for data engineering standards, ensuring knowledge sharing and team collaboration
Other duties as assigned