Data Engineer

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Silvus Technologies a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems is reshaping mesh network technology for mission-critical applications on the ground in the air and at sea. Its battle-proven StreamCaster family of MANET radios and proprietary MN-MIMO waveform provides the vital communications link for defense law enforcement and public safety agencies around the world and in the toughest operational environments.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions Inc.

Would you like to join an incredibly talented group of people doing very challenging work with the prime directive of Keeping Our Heroes Connected

THE OPPORTUNITY

Silvus is seeking a Data Engineer who will report to the Director of Operations on the Business Intelligence team.

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing building and maintaining the organizations modern data warehouse and scalable data pipelines that support business intelligence and analytics. This role ensures data architecture is optimized for performance scalability and reliability by evolving data models monitoring pipeline health and implementing infrastructure that supports long-term business growth.

This position is 100% onsite Monday through Friday at Silvus Technologies headquarters in the heart of vibrant West Los Angeles CA.

The following is a list of at least some of the current essential job functions of the position. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time at its discretion.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Warehouse Architecture & Modeling: Design build and extend the core Data Warehouse (e.g. Snowflake BigQuery Redshift). Responsible for the physical and logical data design ensuring the warehouse is optimized for both high-volume data ingestion and rapid analytical querying.
• Scalability & Performance: Proactively manage the evolution of data schemas. As features are added to the backend/CRM the warehouse architecture will be extended to accommodate new data points while maintaining historical integrity and system performance.
• Infrastructure Selection: Evaluate and implement the right tools for our modern data stack (e.g. selecting the right compute tiers or storage solutions) to ensure the warehouse can grow 10x without a complete rebuild.
• Pipeline Modeling: Design build and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to move data from various sources into the data warehouse.
• Pipeline Monitoring: Monitor pipeline health and data integrity alerting the team to discrepancies before they reach the reporting layer.
• Perform other related duties of which the above are representative.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or Mathematics with 3 years of experience in database engineering or High School diploma with 7 years of experience in database engineering.
• Expertise in SQL and data warehousing (e.g. Snowflake BigQuery or PostgreSQL).
• Strong programming skills in Python or Scala for data orchestration (e.g. Airflow dbt).
• Experience with API integrations and managing unstructured vs. structured data.
• Background in database administration and performance tuning.
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Masters degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or Mathematics.
• Experience with non-relational databases / data stores (object storage document or key-value stores graph databases column-family databases).
• Experience modernizing pipelines to reduce technical debt and improve reliability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and comfort operating independently in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Experience building a database from the ground up.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Lift equipment up to 15 lbs. for the setup of demonstration and testing.

COMPENSATION: $110000 - $150000 / annually

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Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge skills and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

NOTE - As a US Federal Contractor Silvus Technologies requires that ALL candidates being considered for employment for any position (regardless of level) MUST be a U.S. Person (permanent resident or citizen). Stricter U.S. Citizen ONLY requirements (needed for some Engineering or R&D roles) will be included in the Required Qualifications section of the posted position. This does NOT apply to international positions; only job postings for positions located in the US.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Engineering or Mathematics with 3 years of experience in database engineering or High School diploma with 7 years of experience in database engineering.
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts.
• All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test.

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• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical Dental Visionbenefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• PaidParental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.

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