Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join CGS as a Sr. Data Engineer and contribute to a growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform serving federal customers. You will be responsible for developing data pipelines, ensuring data performance and reliability, and automating data ingest processes. The ideal candidate is a critical thinker and collaborative team member proficient in various technologies. This role requires 7+ years of IT experience, including expertise in large data sets and ETL processes. CGS offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth, along with a comprehensive benefits package.

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