Data Engineer, Lead

Data Engineer, Lead The Opportunity:  Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need an experienced data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence.  As a data engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use your expertise to help build advanced technology solutions and lead data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll guide data engineering activities by overseeing the development and deployment of pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. Here, you’ll mentor a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll use your expertise in analytical exploration and data examination while you oversee the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients. Work with us to use data for good. Join us. The world can’t wait.  You Have:    7+ years of experience leading software application development in an enterprise environment 7+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex, distributed data applications at scale 5+ years of experience retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data 5+ years of experience developing scalable ETL pipelines or workflows for analytics or reporting Experience establishing, documenting, and maintaining clear development priorities and execution plans, ensuring teams understand sequencing, dependencies, critical-path activities, trade-offs, and changes in priorities across multiple concurrent initiatives Ability to supervise technical staff, such as technical leads, engineers, and testers, and lead projects in a collaborative, cross-functional environment, including assessing the critical path, aligning team capacity to priorities, and pivoting resources as delivery needs evolve Ability to translate and brief technical information, priorities, risks, dependencies, and critical-path impacts to larger client, executive, and stakeholder audiences TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph Bachelor’s degree Ability to obtain Security+ CE, SSCP, CCNA-Security, or GSEC Certification within 6 months of hire Nice If You Have:    10+ years of experience using Python or Java 5+ years of experience with AWS services and cloud-native architectures 5+ years of experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, container orchestration, and CI/CD workflows 5+ years of experience with Apache NiFi and Kafka for real-time data ingestion and streaming 5+ years of experience with working on real-time data and streaming applications 5+ years of experience with Linux or UNIX, including shell scripting and operational troubleshooting Experience developing applications and administering non-relational databases, such as MongoDB Experience improving or establishing enterprise-level CM pipelines, version control discipline, and release management hygiene Possession of strong communication skills AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Developer, or SysOps Associate Certification   Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

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