Senior Data Engineer

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The common thread that binds us at Prescient Edge is a voracious passion for learning, but our team hails from a diverse array of backgrounds – government, international relations, law enforcement, consulting, and linguistics training, to name a few. We’re thankful to work alongside such driven, collaborative, high-performing people who know how to have a good laugh while undertaking complex, thought-provoking projects. With learn-on-the-go opportunities abound, we take pride in amplifying our employees’ passions and talents as drivers of growth for our clients and for our company. Think you’re up to the task? Check below for ways to join our growing team!

Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to support a federal government client.

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research, capability limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis/characterizations, facility, and vulnerability assessments.
• Analysis and production include, but is not limited to, complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities and/or equipment and can emphasize one or more area(s) pertaining to electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, electromagnetic, electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) and/or similar areas associated with current and projected electronic systems and/or subsystems. This includes, but is not limited to, electrical engineering and sub-disciplines of computer, electronic, optical, and power engineering.
• Shall design, implement, and operate data management systems for intelligence needs.
• Shall design data storage, access, use, integration, and management for different data regimes and digital systems.
• Shall work with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
• Shall plan, design, and optimize data throughput and query performance.
• Shall participate in the selection of backend database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL, Graph Database, etc.), their configuration and utilization, and the optimization of the full data pipeline infrastructure to support the actual content, volume, ETL, and periodicity of data to support the intended kinds of queries and analysis to match expected responsiveness.

Job Requirements

Desired experiences:

• Minimum 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.

Desired education:

• Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have a bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related Senior experience for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the master’s degree.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• Reston, VA.

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.