Data Engineer Mid

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology Test & Evaluation Program Mission Support Engineering & Analysis and Training.

Position Description:
The Data Engineer Mid designs develops and maintains scalable data pipelines data models and data services in support of CD&I analytics experimentation and AI/ML initiatives. The engineer will work closely with analysts data scientists and operational stakeholders to ensure that data infrastructure is reliable secure and aligned with USMC data strategy and enterprise architectures.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement robust processes for ingesting transforming and delivering data from multiple operational and enterprise systems.
• Develop and optimize data models schemas and storage solutions (e.g. data warehouses data lakes) to support analytic workloads.
• Implement data quality validation and monitoring mechanisms to ensure accuracy completeness and timeliness.
• Integrate data security access control and auditing in compliance with DoD/USMC cybersecurity and data governance policies.
• Collaborate with data analysts data scientists and AI/ML teams to ensure data engineering solutions meet analytic and performance requirements.
• Support the design and deployment of APIs or data services that provide secure standardized access to data.
• Document data architectures data flows and technical implementation details; support transition to operations and sustainment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline and infrastructure issues; recommend and implement improvements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Data Science or related field.
• 35 years of experience in data engineering database development or similar technical role with at least 2 years in a DoD/Federal enterprise environment.
• Proficiency with SQL and at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python Java).
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and processes.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g. SQL Server Oracle) and familiarity with data warehousing concepts.
• Understanding of data security and governance concepts within controlled environments.
• Strong documentation and communication skills; ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP or DoD cloud equivalents).
• Familiarity with big data or distributed processing technologies (e.g. Spark Hadoop) and modern orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow).
• Experience supporting USMC CD&I or other DoD headquarters/staff organizations.