Cloud Data Engineer

Cloud Data Engineer
Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: None
Why you should join our mission:
CACI's SAFFIRE team is at the forefront of developing and operating state-of-the-art of Geospatial Intelligence analysis software. The SAFFIRE team builds and maintains an exceptionally powerful platform enabling our users to address challenging real-world problems by converting disparate data into actionable information. The team is deeply passionate about its mission and takes tremendous pride in our work. We work directly with operational users to design, develop, and maintain capabilities that empower analysts to create actionable intelligence from the massive volumes of Geospatial Intelligence data to give our intel and combat organizations the decision advantage over our near-peer adversaries.
What You'll Get to Do
As a Cloud Data Engineer supporting the SAFFIRE program, you will be working closely with developers and data scientists to establish a consolidated data analytics environment utilizing COTS and FOSS software. You will design and implement data ingestion strategies, data warehouses, data visualizations, API integrations, and automation solutions for end-to-end large scale data analytics solutions. You will be a key member of the team, where the rubber meets the road, doing work that matters for some of the U.S. Government's most critical missions, and utilizing the latest technologies in Cloud Computing, AI/ML, and DevSecOps.
More About the Role
Specific Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data platforms for large-scale data processing and storage in AWS
• Develop complex data flows and design/build data pipelines for collecting, transforming, and loading data into data storage solutions
• Optimize data platforms for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency, monitoring and troubleshooting any issues that may arise
• Ensure data quality, accuracy, and consistency through effective data validation, cleaning, testing, and monitoring

You'll Bring These Qualifications

• TS/SCI required to start with CI poly preferred.
• Experience with AWS Infrastructure
• Experience with Elastic Stack infrastructure, including Elasticsearch and Kibana, and visualization platforms, including Tableau
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting/problem solving skills
• Effective communication skills
• Experience with Python and SQL programming
• Strong understanding of databases and database structures
• Experience building highly available, distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have

• Experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar IaC technology.
• AWS Certification - SysOps or DevOps
• Information Assurance/DoD 8570 certification (like Security+)
• Knowledge of and experience with Geospatial data and technologies
• Experience with data visualization tools like Kibana, Tableau, and PowerBI
• Experience with big data processing and technologies: ETL, Hadoop, Elasticsearch for Hadoop, structured data, SQL schemas and queries, Apache Spark, Databricks, etc

What We Can Offer You:

• We've been named a Best Place to Work by the Washington Post.
• Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.
• We offer competitive benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• We are mission-oriented and ever vigilant in aligning our solutions with the nation's highest priorities.
• For over 60 years, the principles of CACI's unique, character-based culture have been the driving force behind our success.

At the interview, we'd like to tell you about:

• The SAFFIRE team and our mission
• The SAFFIRE platform, the technologies we currently leverage, and our approach to software development
• The contract, program structure, and our customers
• How incredibly awesome our benefits are.

Company Overview: At CACI, you will have the opportunity to make an immediate impact by providing information solutions and services in support of national security missions and government transformation for Intelligence, Defense, and Federal Civilian customers. CACI is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
Pay Range: The proposed salary range for this position is $82,100-$172,400. There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. Employment benefits include health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave and, life insurance, retirement and savings.