Data Engineering Manager (AWS GovCloud) - REMOTE

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

BI Full 6C (T4)

Job Family:

Data Science

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

AWS GovCloud, Data Store, Enterprise Systems

Certifications:

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Deliver insights to help our clients turn data into action as a Data Engineer Sr Manager at GDIT, where your work will provide transformative solutions to our clients’ big-data obstacles and help advance the mission. At GDIT, you’ll be at the forefront of innovation and play a meaningful part in improving how agencies operate as we provide enterprise IT operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) biometric identity management system (IDENT) and the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) to store, match, share, and analyze biometric and biographic data in support of DHS’s strategic mission. At the most critical moments of change, we’re there – bringing the resources, solutions, and expertise to help our clients take on some of the world’s biggest challenges – and GDIT is excited to offer you a unique opportunity to join a best performing O&M team supporting one our nation’s most critical national security, law enforcement, immigration and border management, and intelligence missions. With a career in Information Technology at GDIT, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours. 

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Data Engineer Sr Manager you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a Data Engineer Sr Manager joining our program to lead an Operational Data Store team of engineers, to work proactively, collaboratively, and with an entrepreneurial spirit in providing engineering and O&M support to the customer and their Stakeholder communities in achieving their critical missions.

Contract requires US CITIZENSHIP. Must be able to obtain and maintain a DHS public trust.

HOW YOU WILL MAKE AN IMPACT:

• Manages engineers engaged in design, development, test, and maintenance of on-premises and cloud solutions focused on data capture, transformation, validation, and distribution/reporting/publishing
• Collaborates with teams to transform data and integrate models into automated processes
• Works with stakeholders including program, product, data, and design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support data infrastructure needs
• Manages team’s production O&M support, scheduled, on-call 24x7 support
• Engages program staff and other OBIM contractors on support needs
• Communicates project and work status to senior program leadership and customer
• Proactively identifies and proposes solutions to improve existing system architectures
• Schedules staff to obtain proper response in a timely manner.
• Enjoys working in a learning environment, with a small team that must be enabled to mitigate skill and knowledge gaps between team operations and/or responsibilities, on a periodic basis.
• Understands the criticality of knowing and teaching the business operations, supporting systems and underlaying data to the team.   

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: MS (or equivalent experience)
• Required Experience: 5+ years of experience
• Required Technical Skills: experience managing the development and/or maintenance of all life cycle phases in Data Warehousing project(s); experience performing or managing O&M of on-premise or cloud-hosted, federal IT enterprise systems; database experience (Oracle and DB2 on-premise); experience with AWS GovCLoud data storage/management service(s) (Redshift, Aurora, RDS Oracle, S3, Spectrum); experience administering or managing data migration and transformation tools (ETL/ELT tools on-premise, Informatica, cloud, Glue/Visual Glue/Brew, DMS); and experience administering or managing Data Manipulation tools (SQL, Athena)
• Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (DHS HQ EOD required to start; must be able to obtain DHS HQ Final Suitability)
• Required Skills and Abilities: adept at problem-solving, troubleshooting, collaboration, time management, multi-tasking, and task-ownership/leadership; and excellent oral and written communication skills, organization and documentation skills, and requirements analysis skills.
• Preferred Skills: technical team management in a data center/O&M contract, and a proven ability to manage remote staff, documentation efforts, and data migration, data transformation and/or modernization projects; degree in computer engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field of study; experience with AWS GovCloud, Informatica ETL software, Oracle & Redshift databases; experience in DevOps and Agile development and/or methodologies
• Location: Remote
• U.S. Citizenship Required

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
• Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• 401K with company match
• Comprehensive health and wellness packages
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
•  Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
• Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
• Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays 

The likely salary range for this position is $140,899 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Remote

Work Location:

Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation’s most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.