Data Engineer

FedWriters is building a team to support the Department of Defense's efforts to integrate multi-source data and analytics to develop a comprehensive biosurveillance capability, enhancing situational awareness and decision-making in response to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats. As Data Engineer you will manage data ingestion and configuration to support mission parnter requirements. FedWriters is expanding rapidly and has been recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace by Washington Post, offering excellent growth opportunities in a collaborative environment.

• Support the configuration and ingestion of designated structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data repositories into capabilities that satisfy mission partner requirements and support a data analytics and DevOps pipeline to drive rapid delivery of functionality to the client.
• Maintain all operational aspects of data transfers while accounting for the security posture of the underlying infrastructure and the systems and applications that are supported and monitoring the health of the environment through a variety of health tracking capabilities.
• Automate configuration management, leverage tools, and stay current on data extract, transfer, and load (ETL) technologies and services.
• Work under general guidance, demonstrate an initiative to develop approaches to solutions independently, review architecture, and identify areas for automation, optimization, right-sizing, and cost reduction to support the overall health of the environment.
• Apply comprehension of data engineering-specific technologies and services, leverage expertise in databases and a variety of approaches to structuring and retrieving of data, comprehend Cloud architectural constructs, and support the establishment and maintenance of Cloud environments programmatically using vendor consoles.
• Engage with multiple functional groups to comprehend client challenges, prototype new ideas and new technologies, help to create solutions to drive the next wave of innovation, and design, implement, schedule, test, and deploy full features and components of solutions
• Identify and implement scalable and efficient coding solutions.

• Bachelor’s degree with 7-10 years experience, or a Masters Degree with 5 years of experience.
• Active Secret level security clearance.
• Experience with Big Data systems, ETL processes.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or MilCloud 2.0.
• Applying DoD Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and automating that process.
• Experience with multiple coding languages.

FedWriters is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.