Data Engineer (Arlington,VA)
Company: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Location: Arlington
Posted on: January 15, 2021
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Job Description:
Job SummaryASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION: Data Engineers develop,
construct, test, and maintain architectures such as databases and
large-scale data processing systems. They clean, prepare, and
optimize data for consumption through the design and construction
of massive reservoirs for big data. They solve problems associated
with database access and integration and unstructured data sets to
provide clean, usable data for customers and IT counterparts. These
engineers serve as integrators between data architects, data
scientists, and other data consumers. They apply knowledge of
scripting tools, programming languages, standards, and software
packages to build the data pipelines that enable faster, better,
data-informed decision-making within the Agency. Additional Job
InformationADDITIONAL INFORMATION: NGA serves as the world leader
in providing timely, relevant, accurate and actionable geospatial
intelligence (GEOINT). NGA's civilian, military and contract
personnel evaluate imagery, maps, charts, multiple layers of
foundation data - such as terrain, elevation and gravity - and the
full spectrum of visible and invisible light in order to help users
visualize what is happening at a particular place and time. Our
intelligence officers go beyond describing what, where and when' to
revealing how and why.' Our work enables decision advantage for our
policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and first
responders. NGA is in search of Data Engineers who understand data,
data architectures, data pipeline infrastructure, cloud solutions,
and security best practices. Data Engineers create data
infrastructure and integrated data pipelines; transforming,
enriching, and delivering data for consumers. They will design
logical and physical data models for data warehousing; develop
robust data models, data dictionaries, and data flow diagrams. Data
Engineers must be able to operate at the tactical and strategic
level while working in a dynamic and sometimes ambiguous
environment to deliver impactful results. They will leverage their
strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with mission
owners at varying levels inside and outside the Agency. As a Data
Engineer, you will be tasked against the Agency's biggest data
challenges in support of missions such as National Intelligence,
National Security, Military Operations, and Disaster Relief and
Preparedness. Duties may include:* Utilize a variety of scripting
languages and tools to build data pipelines to pull together
information from different source systems.* Design, construct,
install, test, and maintain highly scalable data management
systems.* Develop data set processes for data discovery, modeling,
mining, and production.* Design and implement high performance data
pipelines for distributed systems and data analytics for
customers.* Build, deploy, operate, and maintain big data analytics
infrastructure.* Orchestrate large PB sized data storage and
compute clusters across bare-metal and cloud.* Deploy and manage
infrastructures based on Docker, Kubernetes, or OpenStack, and
public Clouds such as Azure, AWS or Google Cloud Platform.* Create
tool-chains for analytics and data scientist team members that
assist them in building and optimizing AI workflows.* Experience
with engineering data pipeline from collection and processing to
visualization of SQL and NOSQL cyber security data sources for
threat analysis and modelling.* Develop enterprise interoperable
coding and data standards and create processes to ensure use of
enterprise-wide data architecture capabilities.* Collaborate with
data architects, data scientists, data stewards, and customers to
enable more efficient and effective data-informed decision-making.*
Web-based data creation and editing through iD editor or JDSM.*
Data conflation activities through Hootenanny.* Establish and
sustain a NOME User Forum.* Decipher map reduce job log and run
explain plan to effectively model data in Hive.* Create and author
STAR and SNOW Flake schemas* Knowledge of ontology that encompasses
a representation, formal naming and definition of the categories,
properties and relations between the concepts, data and entities.*
Experience with IDERA or Cameo/Power Designer.* Authors, Creates
and Develops the Enterprise Logical Data Model (LDM) leading to
creation of Gold copy Logical and Physical Data Models (PDM)
including data warehouse and data mart designs. Facilitates JAD
sessions to determine data rules, and holds LDM/PDM Reviews with
Data SMEs, Data Modeler (peer reviews), Development teams, and
architecture teams. You may be asked to complete one or more
assessments in addition to the application you submit on this
website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may
include but are not limited to:1) Online questionnaires or
assessments that require you to describe your job-related
knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are
aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job
posting. The information you provide in the application you submit
must support the response you provide to this questionnaire.You
will receive an email to describe any additional assessments
required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required
assessments as soon as possible. This position may be eligible for
an INCENTIVE: The selected candidates may be offered an incentive
as part of the offer of employment, based on budget availability.
To receive the incentive, the selected candidate must sign a
service agreement depending on the approved amount or duration of
the incentive. If the employee leaves before the end of the service
agreement, the employee may be required to repay a pro rata share
amount of the incentive to the government. Mandatory
QualificationsMANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular
job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the
Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if
required). Online applications must demonstrate qualification by
providing specific examples and associated results, in response to
the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy
announcement:
Keywords: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Arlington , Data Engineer (Arlington,VA), Engineering , Arlington, Virginia
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