Data Engineer

Summary

Join CGS as a Data Engineer and contribute to a growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform, empowering federal customers with data-driven solutions. As a critical thinker and learner, you will build skills across various technologies while tackling challenging projects. You will collaborate with an Agile/Scrum team, developing data pipelines, ensuring data reliability, and automating data ingestion processes. You will work with program management and engineers to implement complex requirements and foster a collaborative environment. This role requires extensive IT experience, proficiency in data manipulation tools, and a strong understanding of big data technologies and agile principles. CGS offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
• 7+ years of IT experience including experience in design, management, and solutioning of large, complex data sets and models
• Experience with developing data pipelines from many sources from structured and unstructured data sets in a variety of formats
• Proficiency in developing ETL processes, and performing test and validation steps
• Proficiency to manipulate data (Python, R, SQL, SAS)
• Strong knowledge of big data analysis and storage tools and technologies
• Strong understanding of the agile principles and ability to apply them
• Strong understanding of the CI/CD pipelines and ability to apply them
• Experience with relational database, such as, PostgreSQL
• Work comfortably in version control systems, such as, Git Repositories

Responsibilities

• Complete development efforts across data pipeline to store, manage, store, and provision to data consumers
• Being an active and collaborating member of an Agile/Scrum team and following all Agile/Scrum best practices
• Write code to ensure the performance and reliability of data extraction and processing
• Support continuous process automation for data ingest
• Achieve technical excellence by advocating for and adhering to lean-agile engineering principles and practices such as API-first design, simple design, continuous integration, version control, and automated testing
• Work with program management and engineers to implement and document complex and evolving requirements
• Help cultivate an environment that promotes customer service excellence, innovation, collaboration, and teamwork
• Collaborate with others as part of a cross-functional team that includes user experience researchers and designers, product managers, engineers, and other functional specialists

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating and consuming APIs
• Experience with DHS and knowledge of DHS standards a plus
• Candidates will be given special consideration for extensive experience with Python
• Ability to develop visualizations utilizing Tableau or PowerBI
• Experience in developing Shell scripts on Linux
• Demonstrated experience translating business and technical requirements into comprehensive data strategies and analytic solutions
• Demonstrated ability to communicate across all levels of the organization and communicate technical terms to non-technical audiences

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays