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DATA AUTOMATION ENGINEER (Active TS Clearance Required)
Springfield, VA · Information TechnologyNorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Data Automation Engineer to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA. This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator. Excellent compensation and benefits package. Due to the nature of the work, US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI Clearance is required, client with sponsor for CI Polygraph.
DATA AUTOMATION ENGINEER
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DATA AUTOMATION ENGINEER
Job Functions/Requirements:
- Support the Geospatial Services and Solutions business area to provide high-quality, cost-effective solutions to the customer
- Design and implement automation solutions to enhance data capture, data refinement, and processes.
- Interfacing with device APIs in order to collect operational metrics
- Administering and automating data pipelines between different environments
- Produce and deploy code via GitLab projects in collaboration with other team members
- Utilize best practices for source control, testing, and deployment of software changes
- Work in close collaboration with other automation engineers, infrastructure administrators, and data scientists
- Diagnose, isolate, and expediently resolve complex problems pertaining to data structures
- Develop methods of ensuring data incompatibilities among systems are systematically eliminated
- Develop and recommend data management policies, standards, practices, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent data management operations
- Participate in continuous improvement efforts to increase data availability, data quality, and speed of access
- Maintain up-to-date documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical certifications or training, and work experience
- 8+ years of related systems engineering experience
- Scripting, coding, or software development experience
- Comfort with Linux/Windows command-line
- Automation mindset
- System administration and/or DevOps environment experience
- Active TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI poly
DESIRED SKILLS:
- Python experience
- Shell scripting experience such as Bash or PowerShell
- Experience with Database technologies such as Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL
- Experience writing and working with SQL commands
- Version control experience with Git
- Experience with Gitlab and Git workflows
- Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies
- Time management skills and the drive to work with limited supervision within a small team
BONUS SKILLS:
- Web App development experience such as Flask, Django, React, etc.
- UI/UX experience
- Experience with Analytics tools such as Tableau
- Infrastructure as Code experience
- Experience in technical operations at DoD/IC agencies
- Cloud experience such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.