Data Engineer (A&P COI)

Celestar Corporation is actively seeking a Data Engineer (A&P COI). If interested and qualified, we welcome you to apply for this challenging opportunity.

Location:  DMV (Washington DC Metropolitan area)

Telework Availability: Hybrid, Remote and onsite available

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

About Us:

Celestar, a Veteran Owned Company is Very Competitive with Salaries and Benefits.  As an example, we offer Company Paid Benefits that include Employee and Family Dental Insurance, Employ Health Insurance, Life Insurance and Disability Insurance as well.  We also offer a 401K retirement company match, paid Holidays and Personal Time off.

Responsibilities:

• Interacts with customers, Program Managers and other development teams to gather, analyze and define requirements to determine the most effective software and web technologies to satisfy the client needs
• Develops, maintains, supports and enhances complex and diverse software systems (e.g., processing-intensive analytics, novel algorithm development, manipulation of extremely large data sets, real-time systems, and business management information systems) based upon documented requirements
• Reviews and tests software components for adherence to the design requirements and documents test results
• Designs, creates, tests, and maintains software and web-based applications and content solutions to satisfy customer requirements
• Follows a formal design process using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, and adheres to laws, standards, and established guidelines for development and delivery of software and web applications
• Designs and develops visually-pleasing, content rich, user-friendly interfaces with intuitive navigation
• Develops and maintains software and web development technical documentation to assist with software and web application maintenance and upgrades
• Provides software process management and configuration management throughout the software / web development life cycle.
• Recommends new technologies and processes for complex software projects.
• Ensures quality control of all developed and modified software.
• Analyzes and troubleshoots extremely complex software problems and provides solutions using the latest technologies.
• Integrates new software and web products with existing software and web applications in order to improve the functionality or design of the system.

Required Education/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 12 years of relevant experience (or Master’s Degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience).
• Active Security+ Certification

Required Experience:

• Experience in troubleshooting complex data analytic systems.
• Should have thorough experience working with Python and associated libraries
• Experience in creating and using Docker Images and Kubernetes
• Experience in Jira/Confluence using Agile/SCRUM methodologies and Kanban
• Should have thorough understanding of the server/client model. (i.e., RESTful APIs, microservices, etc.)
• Should have a working knowledge of data loading and ingestion.
• Should have experience in extract, transform, and load (ETL) of legacy data source to current standards (i.e., be able to migrate from relational data base to NoSQL database)
• Data standardization and normalization of legacy data source
• Should have a working knowledge of Linux (i.e., should be able to edit/debug programs on Linux).
• Familiarity with extracting implementation measurements and interaction requirements from designs
• Technical understanding of big data concepts, cloud technologies such as AWS and Oracle.
• Experience creating and troubleshooting APIs for migrating data from a relational data base to a NoSQL database (PostgreSQL)
• Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving skills.

Come onboard with a company that Values its Employees!

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