Senior Data Engineer

Iron Eaglex - Fayetteville, NC

Full-time - Senior

Fayetteville, NC

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Iron EagleX is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to provide expertise in data architecture and system engineering. This role involves standardizing, formatting, and cleaning datasets to support command and mission partners, while also developing and maintaining core services and big data solutions. The position requires adaptability in dynamic environments and collaboration with national-level engineers for integration into government networks.

Responsibilities

• Provide data and architectural expertise to ensure the proper standardization, formatting, and cleaning of data sets.
• Support data ingestion into command and mission partner systems through data architecture.
• Develop, implement, and maintain core services including Active Directory, VMWare, and networks for DevOps support.
• Design and manage big data solutions including Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Azure, and AWS.
• Work with infrastructure provisioning tools (Chef, Ansible, Puppet) to automate deployment in physical and virtual environments.
• Develop tools to monitor usage of virtual resources and automate system processes.
• Administer application servers, web servers, and provide system engineering support across heterogeneous environments.
• Improve security, usability, performance, maintainability, and scalability of existing environments by introducing innovative services.
• Provide system design and integration support for local and wide area network architectures.
• Support and enhance dataflow systems and develop resilient web-based applications for remote users.
• Ensure compliance through system O&M, patching, and IAVA adherence.
• Collaborate with national-level engineers for integration into government networks.
• Conduct system testing, performance evaluations, and technical documentation to ensure solutions meet customer specifications.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Active Directory, VMWare, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Azure, AWS.
• Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools (Chef, Ansible, Puppet) and deployment automation.
• Expertise in big data solutions, data standardization, and ingestion processes.
• Familiarity with Apache NiFi, PHP, MariaDB, SQLite, Linux, and Microsoft operating systems.
• Strong programming skills in Python, PHP, REST, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON, XML, and KML.
• Proficient in various network protocols (TCP, UDP, HTTP, FTP, SCP, IGMP, SNMP).
• Proven ability to integrate complex dataflows into national databases and optimize data transport and movement.
• Experience with system design, integration, network architectures, and failover solutions.
• Knowledge of cyber security, system performance, and compliance processes.
• Hands-on experience with testing, simulation, and analysis of network and data systems.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present technical findings to various stakeholders, including military and government leaders.
• Experience working with intelligence community (IC) systems, commands, and mission partners.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven experience in providing Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) for government or defense agencies.
• Ability to develop custom scripts and tools for data processing, monitoring, and automation.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off