Data Engineer (Mid-level)

Being on the BlueHalo team means working alongside the brightest minds in technology on the toughest challenges facing our nation – not just every once in a while, but every single day. Together, we are leading the transformation of modern warfare and each BlueHalo employee plays a key role. That’s why our investment in you goes beyond a rewarding salary and benefits package. We’re committed to providing our people with the best opportunities to develop their skills, share their knowledge, and push their innovative ideas to the cutting-edge. Having fun doing it with a team that feels like family all across BlueHalo Nation is the ultimate perk. From Space and Directed Energy to Cyber and Intelligence to C4ISR and Air & Missile Defense, there is no limit to where you can take your career with us. Are you ready to launch a career at BlueHalo?

BluHalo is looking for a Data Engineer for an integrated contractor team, supporting high-fidelity/high-resolution modeling of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in a virtualized, high-performance, high-capacity environment to provide Modeling and Simulation as a Service (MSaaS). The qualified candidate will be responsible for supporting the Integration, Test and Verification of large-scale data storage environments to support the Missile Defense Agency’s digital modeling/simulation programs. This includes working with many of the following technologies: data pipelines, data services, operational data stores, data warehouses, data marts, big data stores, data mining, big data visualization and experiment designs. The right individual will display both a passion for data science and leading a cultural change in how data is used throughout the organization regarding these efforts. Some travel is required.This position is located at Schriever AFB.

• Design, create, build & maintain ETL data pipelines
• Automate processes, optimize data delivery & re-design the complete architecture to improve performance.
• Handle, transform & manage Big Data using Big Data Frameworks & NoSQL databases.
• Build complete infrastructure to ingest, transform & store data for further analysis & business requirement.
• Stand up and operate integrated data capabilities, including both databases and flat file structures.
• Integrate hardware, software and network components to facilitate delivery of data management and transformation capabilities.
• Implement monitoring and metrics

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Science or Engineering discipline plus two (2) years directly related experience in data
• This position requires the selected candidate have an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficiency using a data ETL tools like Apache NiFi and Apache Kafka.
• High level data literacy
• Python developer
• Bash script writer
• Working knowledge of the Linux operating system
• Proficient in data security management
• Experience with data systems RDBMS (MySQL, MariaDB, Postgres), NoSQL (MongoDB), and the Hadoop Ecosystem
• Experience with file, object (ECS), and block storage
• Expertise in high availability, backup/recovery, performance tuning and install/upgrade in data system technologies
• Security+ certified

Salary range from $70,000 to $113,800

BlueHalo offers 4 weeks of PTO, comp. time, flex time, medical, dental, vision insurance, tuition reimbursement but other benefits as well. We provide employees with a comprehensive set of health care and very generous retirement benefits; one we consider superior to those offered by other companies in the industry.