Senior Data Engineer (RDT&E)

Amentum - Washington, DC

Full-time - Senior

Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Amentum is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (RDT&E) to support a DIA Analytic Innovations Office Advanced Analytics & Product Evaluation contract. This position is based in Washington, D.C. All employees will start in the Washington D.C office but upon request and with customer approval may be allowed to work from Reston VA, Quantico VA, or College Park MD. The role involves supporting defense analytical requirements through enhanced scientific and engineering research, capability and limitation analysis, and reverse engineering analysis and characterizations. The analysis and production tasks include working with complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities, and equipment, focusing on areas such as electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, and electromagnetic systems. The engineer will also engage in the design, implementation, and operation of data management systems tailored to intelligence needs, ensuring optimal data storage, access, integration, and management across various data regimes and digital systems. Collaboration with data users is essential to determine and create optimal data architectures and systems, while also planning and optimizing data throughput and query performance. Additionally, the role includes participation in the selection and configuration of backend database technologies, such as SQL, NoSQL, and Graph Databases, to support the data pipeline infrastructure and ensure responsiveness for queries and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research, capability/limitation analysis, and reverse engineering analysis/characterizations.
• Conducts analysis and production on complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities, and equipment, focusing on electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, and electromagnetic systems.
• Designs, implements, and operates data management systems for intelligence needs.
• Designs data storage, access, use, integration, and management for different data regimes and digital systems.
• Works with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems.
• Plans, designs, and optimizes data throughput and query performance.
• Participates in the selection of backend database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL, Graph Database), their configuration and utilization, and the optimization of the full data pipeline infrastructure.

Requirements

• Must possess a current U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility (TS/SCI).
• Must be able to obtain a polygraph.
• Master's degree preferred and 12 years of related experience in data analytics or engineering.