Database Engineer

Job Description

DataHaven Solutions is looking for a talented Data Engineer to support the acquisition of mission critical and mission support data sets. The preferred candidate will have a background in supporting cyber and/or network related missions within the military spaces, as either a developer, analyst or engineer.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• The ideal candidate will have worked with big data systems, complex structured and unstructured data sets, and have supported government data acquisition, analysis, and/or sharing efforts in the past.
• To excel in the position, the candidate shall have a strong attention to detail, be able to understand technical complexities, and have the willingness to learn and adapt to the situation.
• The candidate will work both independently and as part of a large team to accomplish client objectives.

Required Qualifications

• Security Clearance - Must have a current CI with Polygraph level security clearance and therefore all candidates must be a U.S. Citizen.
• 5 years experience as a developer, analyst, or engineer with a Bachelors in related field; OR 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python and Java.
• Proficiency with acquisition and understanding of network data and the associated metadata.
• Fluency with data extraction, translation, and loading including data prep and labeling to enable data analytics.
• Experience with Kibana and Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with various log formats such as JSON, XML, and others.
• Experience with data flow, management, and storage solutions (i.e. Kafka, NiFi, and AWS S3 and SQS solutions).
• Ability to decompose technical problems and troubleshoot system and dataflow issues.
• Must have a Security+ or similar certification or the ability to obtain it immediately.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with NOSQL databases such as Accumulo desired
• Prior Experience supporting cyber and/or network security operations within a large enterprise, as either an analyst, engineer, architect, or developer.

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Security Clearance:

An active CI with Polygraph level U.S. Government security clearance is required.

Place of Performance :

Fort Meade, MD.