Data Engineer - Senior

Job Type
Full-time
Description
Who We Are
Founded in 2013, Disruptive Solutions is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. Located in the Washington, DC area, we provide leading edge cybersecurity services that improve security, promote innovation, and transform cybersecurity for government and commercial customers. Disruptive works on the front lines of the cyber landscape, specializing in unique cybersecurity solutions, infrastructure support, and end user support. We remain committed to our clients' success and ensure that their initiatives are properly aligned with their core mission.
Why Disruptive?
We do meaningful work. Disruptive works closely with our partners and our clients to understand their needs and ensure their short and long term targets are met or exceeded. Our expert team works to design and execute progressive, innovative solutions that are helping our clients modernize their infrastructure and stay ahead of the constantly evolving thread landscape.The success of our initiatives begins with the quality of our team.
We believe in hiring smart people then giving them space to thrive. Staying ahead of the pack requires not just economic vigilance but ambitious business goals and a purposeful, cohesive workforce. We are able to attract and retain our professionals by consistently creating an environment based on trust, fairness and opportunity. We believe in establishing open communication that encourages achievable performance expectations. Incorporating collaboration within our organization creates a positive energy and true ownership in providing services that are essential to deliver results of the highest quality.
Disruptive Solutions, LLC. is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive innovation - no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
Success at Disruptive
We hire inquisitive, inventive, and creative self-starters who are willing to take ownership of projects. You will no doubt be successful at Disruptive if:

• You demonstrate personal accountability and integrity in all actions.
• You communicate and interact well with people and are a natural team player.
• You are passionate about driving innovation and developing creative solutions to any challenge.
• You consistently meet deadlines and come prepared to offer solutions and contribute in meaningful ways.

The Role
Disruptive is seeking a senior Data Engineer to support a large military health project. This project supports a multi-domain technology platform which offers military and business decision makers, analysts, and users at all levels unprecedented access to authoritative enterprise data and structured analytics in a scalable, reliable, and secure environment. It offers platform-, data analytics-, and data science-as-a-service tools to complete analysis and data exploration and data visualization capabilities. Using one central data platform with right-time data, data tools, and other self-service products, the goal is to simplify solutions and put the power of analytics in the pocket of every analyst and decision-making authority at the Department of Defense.
Data is absolutely the lifeblood of this platform and our Data Engineers are the doctors administering it! Our Data Engineers support data collection, ingestion, validation, and loading of optimized data in the appropriate data stores. They work on a team made up of analyst(s), developer(s), data scientist(s), and a product lead and everyone on the team collaborates in support of a specific the mission. Working directly with the analyst(s) and the product lead, the Data Engineer identifies and implements solutions for the data requirements, including building pipelines to collect data from disparate, external sources, implementing rules to validate that expected data is received, cleansed, transformed, massaged and in an optimized output format for the data store. The Data Engineer performs validation and analytics corresponding with client requirements and evolves solutions through automation, optimizing performance with minimal human involvement. As pipelines are executed, the Data Engineer monitors their status, performance, and troubleshoots issues while working on improvements to ensure the solution is the very best version to address the customer need.
As a Data Engineer, this role focuses specifically on the development and maintenance of scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis. The best athlete candidate for this position will be able to apply advanced consulting skills, extensive technical expertise and has full industry knowledge to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. This candidate is able to work without considerable direction and may mentor or supervise other team members.
What we're looking for:

• A very strong background developing solutions for high volume, low latency applications and can operate in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment.
• Distributed computer understanding and experience with SQL, Spark, ETL.
• An appreciation for the opportunity to be independent, creative and challenged.
• A curious mind, passionate about solving problems quickly and bringing innovative ideas to the table.
• Willingess/ability to work on client site 5 days a week.

Basic Qualifications:
•7+ years of experience with SQL
•7+ years of experience developing data pipelines using modern Big Data ETL technologies like NiFi or StreamSets.
•7+ years of experience with a modern programming language such as Python or Java
•7 years of experience working in a big data and cloud environment
•Secret Clearance or higher
Requirements
Additional Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience working in an agile development environment
• Ability to quickly learn technical concepts and communicate with multiple functional groups
• Ability to display a positive, can-do attitude to solve the challenges of tomorrow
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Preferred experience at the respective command with an understanding of analytical and data paint points and challenges across the J-Codes.

Salary Description
$130,000-$180,000