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Top Secret/SCI
$160,001 - $200,000
Unspecified
IT - Database
San Diego, CA (On-Site/Office)
Description
SAIC is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Senior Data Engineer in support of NAVWAR's Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) program in San Diego, CA. The Data Engineer will to support a transformational, Navy-led network-centric initiative that converges existing systems, automating the correlation of multiple ISR data streams, dramatically reducing the "sensor-to-shooter" timeline. This is a recently awarded contract, funded for five years.
Work is performed on site in San Diego, CA.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications
Citizenship and Clearance Requirement:
Education and Certification Requirements:
Required Skills and Experience:
Preferred Skills and Experience:
Please view our Program page for more information and to view all open positions available: https://jobs.saic.com/pages/NOA .
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
SAIC is seeking a TS/SCI cleared Senior Data Engineer in support of NAVWAR's Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) program in San Diego, CA. The Data Engineer will to support a transformational, Navy-led network-centric initiative that converges existing systems, automating the correlation of multiple ISR data streams, dramatically reducing the "sensor-to-shooter" timeline. This is a recently awarded contract, funded for five years.
Work is performed on site in San Diego, CA.
Responsibilities:
- Build and optimize robust data pipelines: ingestion, transformation, storage, and governance.
- Convert between tactical data formats, e.g., XML, JSON, GEOJSON, Cursor-on-Target (CoT), JREAP-C, Link-16.
- Implement automation using CHRON/CRON jobs and data orchestration frameworks (Apache Airflow, Kafka, AWS Step Functions).
- Architect and maintain scalable data stores (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Elasticsearch) with schema evolution and deduplication.
- Enable real-time data indexing and fast query performance.
- Implement MIL-STD-6016 (Link-16) and MIL-STD-3011 (JREAP) message handling.
- Support integration or development of Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS) for secure, policy-based data transfers.
- Present complex data flows and technical insights effectively to leadership and stakeholders using clear data models and visual aids.
Qualifications
Citizenship and Clearance Requirement:
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance required.
Education and Certification Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or related STEM field and nine (9) years or Masters and seven (7) years or more of experience.
Required Skills and Experience:
- At least 9 years' experience working as a business analyst, data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, database administrator, geospatial analyst, geospatial engineer, machine learning engineer, or software engineer.
- Hands on Keyboard- Developer Skillsets.
- Fluency in Python, can code without Modern libraries.
- Experience in format conversions with some of the following: XML, JREAP-C, COT (cursor-on-target), JSON, GEO JSON, UMF/UHR, text link-16, Tapil-J, and other Tactical Data Links.
- Experience in natural language parsing (NLP) and using regular expressions, RegEx.
- Experience implementing CHRON/CRON jobs.
- Experience in data pipeline orchestration, ETL, orchestration tools (e.g., Kafka, Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions).
- Focused experience implementing and monitoring data stores i.e. (Apache Iceberg, elastic search, data lake management).
- Experience with schema evolution, dataflow and governance.
- Experience with real-time search and analytics engines for indexing and querying semi-structured data.
- Focused experience optimizing data store queries for speed and deduplication.
- Direct experience implementing MIL-STD-6016 and MIL-STD-3011 .
- Can translate data between source and destination schemas.
- Data modeling and PowerPoint presentations for leadership and stakeholder presentations.
- Experience working with or developing Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) systems.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Familiarity with DoD data architecture principles (e.g. DoDAF, CADM).
- Experience with DataOps or similar mission-critical pipeline automation (e.g., deduplication, schema normalization).
- Any experience leveraging universal data distribution architectures within DOD operations.
Please view our Program page for more information and to view all open positions available: https://jobs.saic.com/pages/NOA .
Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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