Data Layer Engineer

Prescient Edge is seeking aData Layer Engineerto support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

AtPrescientEdge we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyones success. To that end we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including medical vision dental and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities including on-the-job training tuition reimbursement and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected supported and engaged.

Description:

• Design and manage a modular data layer architecture that supports scalable ingestion transformation and serving of geospatial and structured data across containerized environments.
• Develop and optimize ETL pipelines for real-time and batch processing of mission-relevant data ensuring integration with both ESRI and third-party analytic services.
• Implement metadata management solutionssuch as tagging schema validation and indexingto improve lineage tracking and facilitate governance alignment with IL4/IL5 controls.
• Manage data access enforcement mechanisms including RBAC policies and encryption controls consistent with NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 FedRAMP and DoD cybersecurity mandates.
• Shall submit the Data Layer Integration & Optimization Report detailing Kubernetes performance benchmarks related to data lake interaction data lifecycle strategies for containerized environments and cloud resource optimization recommendations.

Experience:

• Knowledge and capability to design implement and optimize data transformation workflows for geospatial and non-geospatial datasets. Personnel must be proficient in ETL (Extract Transform Load) processes data structuring and schema management with expertise in ESRI geospatial data layers ArcGIS Enterprise and cloud-based geospatial services.
• Strong understanding of databases (PostgreSQL/PostGIS SQL Server NoSQL) cloud storage solutions (AWS S3 Azure Blob Google Cloud Storage) and Kubernetes-hosted geospatial applications is required.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing data governance frameworks implementing metadata and data cataloging solutions and ensuring compliance with DoD and IC data security policies.
• Experience with tools such as Databricks Unity Catalog Collibra Alation AWS Glue or Azure Purview is required.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Data Management Information Science Computer Science or a related field or five (5) years of equivalent experience in data governance.
• Desirable but not required certifications include Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP) or Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate.

Security clearance:

• TS/SCI.

Location:

• Doral Florida. (USSOUTHCOM Headquarters)