(KR-02) Data Engineer

Company: PCI Strategic Management, Inc.
Location: Boston
Posted on: January 17, 2020

Job Description:

(KR-02) Data Engineer

Location: Boston, MA / Vienna, VA

Clearance: Secret, or ability to obtain a Secret clearance

PCI is actively seeking a Data Engineer for a proposal effort to support the Air Force Kessel Run Data Science Program.

Kessel Run is revolutionizing the way the Air Force builds and delivers software capabilities by taking industry-proven software development practices and pairing them with talented Airmen. They are disrupting decades of government bureaucracy with the mission to provide cutting edge capabilities at a rapid pace to the warfighter!

The current objectives for the Data Science portfolio include:

* Data Management: Create and maintain data pipeline architectures to automate the processing of large and complex data sets.

* Data Visualization: Develop graphical representations of information and data. By using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps, data visualization tools provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in data.

* Data Optimization: Build sophisticated optimization models and create algorithms for quickly producing near optimal solutions according to those models.

* Reinforcement Learning: Utilize machine learning concepts to enable iterative learning in a dynamic data environment by trial and error using feedback from events and monitoring.

Desired Qualifications:

* Experience implementing and building event driven architectures

* Familiarity with event driven finite state machines

* High proficiency in SQL to include schema design, data definition, and advanced queries

* Experience with MPP data warehouses

* Experience with scripting languages for automating repetitive tasks

* Experience with creating automated data pipelines for complex systems

* Extensive Linux server management background

* Can prototype visualizations with lightweight data visualization suites

* Excellent verbal and written communications skills along with the ability to present technical data and approaches to both technical and non-technical audiences

* At least 2 years of experience developing in languages commonly used for data analysis such as Python, R, Julia, or SAS

* Experience working with multiple database types such as SQL, Redis and MongoDB

* Experience building and integrating the at the application and database level

* Experience developing REST/SOAP APIs and messaging protocols and formats

* At least 2 years of theoretical and practical background in statistical analysis, machine learning, predictive modeling, and/or optimization

* Experience implementing event/data streaming services such as Kafka

* Experience prototyping front-end visualizations utilizing data visualization suites such as Kibana or Splunk

* Current U.S. security clearance or ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance

JOB FEATURES

Job Category
Data Science, Software Developer/Engineer

PCI is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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