About the role

What will you do at SOSi?

Company Description

Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SOSi is a private defense and government solutions business specializing in advanced technology systems and mission support. Its capabilities include data science, software development, network engineering, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and logistics.

Job Description

SOSi is seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to support a US government customer in Chantilly, VA.

This role, requires working with a team of developers, data scientists, SMEs, and cyber analysts to design, develop, build, and analyze data management systems. The data engineer will work with and analyze our client’s challenges and provide solutions by designing and implementing batch and streaming data pipelines.

Essential Job Duties

Develop and perform ETL on large unstructured datasets.

Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for data and platform services.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements
Active in-scope TS/SCI clearance with poly. This security clearance requires U.S. citizenship. Candidates will not be nominated for new clearances.
5-7 years of experience as a Data Engineer (or equivalent), with a STEM degree (field such as computer science, statistics, data analytics, computer engineering, mathematics, etc.).
Experience with services including Apache Kafka, Apache Spark, and Prefect
Experience containerizing applications using Docker and deployments on Kubernetes
Familiarity with Linux-based systems
Solid understanding of DevOps principles (automation, monitoring, reliability)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in the US Intelligence Community.
Additional Information
Work Environment
Office setting with a combination of desk work and meetings.
Working at SOSi
All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
Clearance Requirement: Top Secret SCI w/ Poly

Compensation

USD 89954 - USD 186828 - yearly

Which skills does this role require?

Data EngineeringETLApache KafkaApache SparkPrefectDockerKubernetesLinuxDevOpsCI/CDData PipelinesStreaming DataAutomationMonitoringReliabilityUnstructured DataSTEMPolygraphDefenseGovernment SolutionsKafkaSpark

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