Data Engineer Junior

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 Jr supports the design development and sustainment of data pipelines data integration and basic data infrastructure that enable analytics and AI/ML solutions for CD&I. This position focuses on ingesting transforming and preparing data from multiple USMC and DoD systems for use by analysts data scientists and operational stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in building and maintaining pipelines to move and transform data from source systems into analytic data stores.
• Implement basic data quality checks validation routines and data cleansing processes.
• Support the integration of structured and semi-structured data sources relevant to capability development and experimentation.
• Work with senior data engineers and analysts to understand data requirements and translate them into technical tasks.
• Contribute to the documentation of data flows schemas and data dictionaries.
• Implement basic data security and access controls in accordance with DoD/USMC policies and best practices.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and support operations and maintenance activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Data Science or related field.
• 03 years of experience in data engineering database development or related technical role.
• Basic experience with SQL and at least one programming/scripting language (e.g. Python).
• Familiarity with relational databases and concepts such as tables views indices and joins.
• Ability to work in a team environment and follow established engineering standards and practices.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience supporting DoD/USMC or other Federal customers.