Data Engineer, Senior

Data Engineer, Senior

The Opportunity:

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need an experienced data engineer like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions—from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence.  

As a data engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll deploy and develop pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful.

Here, you’ll work with and guide a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.

The DoD space is looking for individuals with exceptional software development, data engineering or data science backgrounds who have done outstanding work utilizing tools such as Spark, Python, Qlik, Tableau, Maven and web development frameworks such as React. In short, we are seeking a full stack data engineer who is passionate about building data applications from end to end. This includes data engineering back-ends to building interactive front-ends. Moreover, we strive to maintain the very best software and data development practices that our clients trust—we are hoping you pride yourself on writing production quality code and finding the story behind the data!

You’ll work closely with clients to understand their questions and needs and then dig into their data-rich environments to put together the pieces of their information puzzle. You’ll work side by side with teammates in classified environments and own the development of analytics systems. You’ll use a variety of different tools and frameworks to turn sets of disparate data points into meaningful answers to advise our clients as they make informed decisions. Ultimately, you’ll bring a deep understanding of data fundamentals to a competitive and challenging data environment to provide the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:   

• 3+ years of experience in software development, data science, or data engineering in a professional work environment
• 3+ years of experience utilizing Python for data work, including leveraging standard libraries such as NumPy, pandas, matplotlib, or PySpark in a professional work environment
• 2+ years of experience designing, organizing, and building backend data tables and databases in a professional work environment
• 1+ years of experience building visualization front-ends in the form of analytics dashboards or interactive GUI applications, such as web apps, in a professional work environment
• Ability to break down complex problems into tractable programmatic pieces that can be effectively solved in an organized and efficient manner
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field, such as Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering

Nice If You Have:   

• Experience with distributed data and computing tools such as Spark, MapReduce, and Hadoop
• Experience working with cloud-based environments such as AWS
• Experience with Generative AI techniques including LLMs
• Experience solving optimization problems from an operations research perspective, such as linear or nonlinear programming and constraint programming
• Experience with parallel computing techniques such as multithreading and multiprocessing for producing highly efficient code
• Experience writing production-level code for maximal efficiency, speed, and reliability
• Experience working with DoD platforms such as ADVANA and Palantir products
• Experience working in a client facing environment
• Experience working with high-ranking military personnel
• Secret clearance

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility require