Position: Big Data Engineer

Location: Herndon/ Kingstowne, VA

Duration: Full Time

Within three to six months of joining the project, the Big Data Engineer will be expected to:

• Perform development and maintenance of end-user focused, object-oriented, data-driven analytic applications to support CBP threat analysis and targeting.


• Independently identify technical solutions for business problems, directly contribute to conceptual design, and routinely collaborate with Enterprise/Application architects, Database Architects, Data Scientists, and mission stakeholders.


• Develop new code, modify existing application code, conduct unit and system testing, and engage in rigorous documentation of developed and delivered application use cases, data flows, and functional operations.


• Demonstrate a strong practical understanding of application-relevant cargo and passenger data and databases used to support analytic application development, functionality and targeting end user (officer) operation.


• Actively participate in formal and informal design reviews, solution sessions, and project milestone meetings as well as contribute to project document artifacts for presentation to both technical and non-technical audiences.


• Integrate with, and materially contribute to, project portfolio teams as a matrixed resource to provide development and issue resolution expertise in collaboration with data scientists, intelligence analysts, developers, and other participants at the direction of a project manager.  

Applicants should note that while some formal training exists to support building knowledge of missions and the implementation of data-driven solutions, much of the knowledge must be gained through on-the-job training and individual initiative.  Technical knowledge is insufficient to establish credibility in this operating environment; expertise must be enhanced with rapid acquisition of mission knowledge and demonstrated commitment positive mission outcomes; therefore, we seek self-starters who are capable of independent exploration and knowledge acquisition, willing to develop informal support networks, and with an appreciation for the immense challenge of safeguarding the Nation’s borders.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 8+ years of technical experience

Required Experience

• Demonstrated expertise in Java and Object-Oriented Design and development principles.


• Experience with Java 8+ and the newer language features.


• Experience with the Hadoop eco system, including HDFS, YARN, Hive, Pig, and batch-oriented and streaming distributed processing methods such as Spark, Kafka, or Storm


• Experience with distributed data/computing tools such as Hadoop, Spark, Impala, etc.


• Experience with one or more relational database systems such as Oracle, MySQL, Postgres, etc.


• Experience with SQL.


• Experience with one or more build tools such as Maven, Gradle, etc.


• Software Configuration Management (SCM) using Git.


• Comfortable with Linux.


• High level of self-motivation, desire to deliver stellar solutions and willingness to work in a distributed team environment.

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Experience delivering solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS EC2, RDS, S3)


• Experience with distributed search engines like Elasticsearch or Solr


• NoSQL database systems such as Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.


• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira, BitBucket


• Continuous integration with Jenkins or Bamboo.