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., and all employees will start in the Washington D.C. office. However, upon request and with customer approval, employees may be allowed to work from Reston VA, Quantico VA, or College Park MD. The Senior Data Engineer will play a crucial role in supporting defense analytical requirements through enhanced scientific and engineering research, capability and limitation analysis, and reverse engineering analysis and characterizations. The role will involve conducting facility and vulnerability assessments, focusing on complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities, and equipment. The analysis will cover various areas, including electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, and electromagnetic systems, as well as electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) technologies associated with current and projected electronic systems and subsystems. In addition to analytical responsibilities, the Senior Data Engineer will design, implement, and operate data management systems tailored to intelligence needs. This includes designing data storage, access, use, integration, and management strategies for different data regimes and digital systems. The engineer will collaborate with data users to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, and systems. Planning, designing, and optimizing data throughput and query performance will also be key responsibilities. The role will require participation in the selection of backend database technologies, such as SQL, NoSQL, and Graph Database, along with their configuration and utilization. The optimization of the full data pipeline infrastructure will be essential to support the content, volume, ETL, and periodicity of data, ensuring that the intended queries and analyses meet expected responsiveness.

Responsibilities

• Supports defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research, capability/limitation analysis, and reverse engineering analysis/characterizations.
• Conducts facility and vulnerability assessments on complex foreign electronic systems, subsystems, facilities, and equipment.
• Analyzes and produces reports on areas pertaining to electric power, microelectronics, electronic hardware, circuits, sensors, guidance and control, signals, electromagnetic, electro-optical (EO)/infrared (IR) 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.