Data Engineering

Data Engineering

Job Category: Science

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Secret

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:
CACI has an immediate opening for a Mid-Level Data Engineer providing support/services to United States Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) N41 under the Naval Forces Logistics (NFL) II contract at Naval Station Norfolk. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building, optimizing, and maintaining the data infrastructure and pipelines that power critical logistics analysis and decision-making.



Responsibilities:
Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data from diverse sources into a centralized data platform (e.g., data warehouse, data lake).

• Implement and optimize ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes using industry best practices for data quality, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data analysts, and stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into effective data solutions.​
• Develop and maintain data models that support efficient querying and analysis.
• Monitor data pipelines for performance issues and implement solutions to ensure data availability and accuracy.
• Implement data quality checks and validation procedures to ensure data integrity.
• Work closely with stakeholders to develop a strategy for long-term data platform architecture and scalability.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of data governance policies and procedures.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues, including data pipeline failures, data quality problems, and performance bottlenecks.
• Automate data engineering tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Develop and maintain documentation for data pipelines, data models, and data engineering processes.
• Evaluate and recommend new data engineering tools and technologies to improve the capabilities of the data platform.
• Contribute to the development of analytic products and practices that create measurable improvement for processes by ensuring the underlying data foundation is solid.
• Provide the staff with reliable and well-structured data sources that enable data-supported decisions and policy development.
• Identify and establish data management best practices and provide recommendations as appropriate.

Qualifications:

Required:

• DOD Secret clearance - Must be Current.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, with a focus on building and maintaining data pipelines.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server).
• Experience with data warehousing concepts and technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery).
• Experience with ETL tools and frameworks (e.g., Lakeflow).
• Proficient with one or more programming languages (Python, Java, Scala) for data manipulation and automation.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their data engineering services.
• Familiarity with data modeling techniques (e.g., Kimball, Inmon).
• Working knowledge of QLIK Sense (or similar data visualization tool like Tableau), and Databricks a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Desired:

• Experience with data lake technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Delta Lake).
• Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink).
• Knowledge of data governance principles and practices.
• Working knowledge of ADVANA, the Jupiter enclave
• Working knowledge of current and future Naval Logistics Concept of Operations and the Logistics Common Operating Picture.
• Experience with DevOps principles and tools (e.g., CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code).

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What You Can Expect:

 

A culture of integrity.

At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.

 

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