Big Data Engineer

Job Highlights Do you thrive in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary team in an ever-changing work environment? As a Big Data Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of challenging and rewarding projects. You will work directly with stakeholders and Data Analysts to develop new and enhanced capabilities that help analysts achieve mission success and add core tools to an analytical suite. You will support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to process ETL on new and varied data sets, and work with Big Data at scale, using Spark/PySpark to handle petabytes of data. 
As an immediate liaison with the customer, you will have a deep understanding of their current and upcoming mission needs, generating requirements based on their input. Working with a variety of data types, including Technical Telemetry Data, Computer Network Cyber data, and other forms of telecommunication protocol data types, such as cellular, wi-fi, and ethernet, you will develop solutions that meet their specific needs. The satisfaction of knowing that everything you do in this role will be directly used by the customer, contributing to the success of their mission, is a crucial part of the job. You will have the opportunity to make a real impact on the customer's mission success and play a critical role in their operations.
Clearance:
Active Top Secret clearance with an ability to obtain SCI access and willingness to obtain CI Polygraph US Citizenship Required 

As a Big Data Engineer, you will...

• Updating all application workflows to improve performance and resiliency
• Work in a multi-faceted software development team, working to build and maintain software applications backed by a self-managed cloud infrastructure with a true big-data footprint (over 10 petabytes)
• Solve unique and challenging intelligence problems in support of special operations analysts and their on-going activities.
• Support a diverse background of experience in mission support and software development
• Prototyping and frequent, iterative feedback are core to our delivery approach, anchored by a need to work quickly in support of our missions.

Big Data Engineer Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science or related field 
• 12+ years development experience in modern languages (Python, Java, JavaScript) 
• Experience with Big Data Technologies: Spark, Elasticsearch, Hadoop
• At least 5 years experience with with both Full-stack web frameworks (Django, Python, Flask) and Front-End frameworks (React, Angular, Typescript)

Additional Skills We'd Like to See:

• Cloud computing environments: Openstack, AWS, Azure 
• DevOps & automation tools: Docker, Ansible, Gitlab. 
• Geo-related mapping experience 

Who we are:Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. (RGi) is a fast-paced small business that has the environment and culture of a start-up, with the stability and benefits of a well-established firm. We solve complex problems within geospatial software development and national defense to make an Immediate Impact for our nation’s soldiers and analysts.
We pride ourselves on giving employees an exceptional life experience, where creativity thrives, and challenges are simply part of the fun. We provide truly excellent benefits, including:
·        100% paid employee healthcare & dental insurance·        Paid parental leave·        401k with matching·        Escalating vacation time·        Referral bonuses·        Tuition reimbursement·        Professional development training·        Free beverages and snacks·        Weekly catered lunches and breakfast on Fridays Grow to be our next leader:At RGi, fostering a strong and organic corporate culture is paramount and serves as a compass on the decisions we make and how we operate the company. We believe our culture of camaraderie, innovation, and collaboration reflects the caliber of our employees and their dedication to the mission of providing quality software to our customers. As such, we want our employees to feel empowered to seek growth and leadership opportunities within the company and position us to maintain our culture as we grow. RGi provides opportunities, resources, training, and mentorship to all our employees to let them take control of their careers and become a leader or a crucial member of our company. If this is what you are looking for in a company, then you are what we are looking for in an employee.
Reinventing Geospatial, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions.