Secret-Cleared Data Engineer
About The Position
PTF Consulting is supporting direct-hire opportunities for Junior and Senior Data Engineers supporting mission-driven data initiatives in international environments. In these roles, you will help organize, process, and transform structured and unstructured data into meaningful solutions that support reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making. You will work alongside analysts, engineers, developers, and data consumers in a collaborative, fast-paced technical environment. These positions are ideal for cleared Data Engineers who are interested in applying their technical skills to impactful work while supporting important missions overseas. Hybrid = 2-3 days/week onsite.
Requirements
- For Junior Data Engineer candidates: 2+ years of experience using programming or querying languages such as Python, R, Scala, or SQL.
- For Junior Data Engineer candidates: 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining data applications for reporting and analytics.
- For Junior Data Engineer candidates: Experience creating workflows for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data.
- For Senior Data Engineer candidates: 5+ years of experience in data engineering, application development, data science, or a related technical field.
- For Senior Data Engineer candidates: 3+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining data applications for reporting and analytics at enterprise scale.
- For Senior Data Engineer candidates: 3+ years of experience with Python, SQL, Scala, or R.
- All candidates must have: Experience creating solutions in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
- Active Secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to access restricted facilities as required by the role.
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- An active Secret clearance is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Palantir tools, including Foundry.
- Experience with distributed data and computing tools such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka.
- Experience with data visualization or geospatial tools such as Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, or ArcGIS.
- Experience working in Agile engineering environments.
- Experience supporting a Combatant Command or other DoD organization.
- TS/SCI clearance.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, deploy, and maintain data pipelines, workflows, and data applications.
- Support reporting and analytics solutions using structured and unstructured data.
- Retrieve, parse, process, and organize data from disparate sources.
- Contribute to data engineering activities across mission-driven projects.
- Work with cross-functional teams, including analysts, developers, engineers, and data consumers.
- Support analytical exploration, data examination, and the development of meaningful data solutions.
- For senior-level candidates, responsibilities may also include helping assess, design, build, and maintain enterprise-scale analytic solutions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
