Celestar · 3 months ago
Senior Data Engineer - Springfield, Virginia (APOGEE)
Springfield, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expCelestar Corporation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support INSCOM under the Army Persistent Overhead Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Exploitation Enterprise Support Services (APOGEE). The role involves designing and implementing data-driven approaches to meet intelligence requirements and collaborating with GEOINT analysts to optimize data architectures and systems.
ConsultingFinancial ServicesHuman Resources
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The Data Engineer will design, implement, and operate data driven approaches to client’s intelligence requirement
Design how data will be stored, accessed, used, integrated, and managed by different data regimes and digital systems as necessary/directed
Work with GEOINT analysts to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, systems, process automation, and models to support customer intelligence requirements
Provide subject matter expertise on all facets of GEOINT, including related fields such as open-source GEOINT, data science/analysis, and imagery science, and facilitate the integration of emerging GEOINT capabilities (including all related functions) as required
Responsible for developing, adapting, and integrating algorithms, software tools, and tradecraft to satisfy customer requirements, as necessary/directed
Qualification
Required
MA or MS in Data Science, Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics, or related field AND 5 years CURRENT Intelligence Analysis experience
BA or BS in Data Science, Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics, or related field AND 10 years CURRENT Intelligence Analysis experience
HS diploma/GED AND Specialized Training with at least 15 years of Intelligence Analysis experience to include 10 years of CURRENT GEOINT Analysis experience AND 5 years of Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics experience
Excellent written & oral communication, research, and analytic skills
Expert ability to manage personnel, requirements, and coordination of projects
Expert capabilities to research, create, develop, and deliver professional briefings, multimedia presentations, and written reports
Experience utilizing programming languages such as SAS, R, Java, C, MATLAB, ScaLa, or Python; experience accelerating large data transactions across industry-leading GPU architectures to answer analytic questions
Experience with assessments, enterprise data integration, governance, and metrics, including the application of metadata management techniques and ability to interrogate databases efficiently using SQL
Experience with tradecraft and publication; ability to coordinate and support cross-community meetings and working groups; assimilate large volumes of information, and independently produce reports using data science focused libraries such as Pandas, Scikit, TensorFlow and Gensim to answer analytical questions
Current/active TS/SCI clearance
Preferred
Knowledge of Army structure and defense level intelligence operations: intelligence collection, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination for intelligence databases and products
Knowledge and experience with intelligence operations and in assisting with drafting expert assessments across operations priorities on behalf of the stakeholder
Specialized training from any intelligence collection and analysis school or certification to include GEOINT Professional Certification (GPC-F, GPC_IA-II, GPC_GA-II, GPC_IS-II, etc.)
Knowledge and understanding of the National System for GEOINT (NSG) and Intelligence Community; knowledge of private sector data science/analytics, machine learning, and data visualization communities
Benefits
Company-paid employee and family dental insurance
Employee health insurance
Life insurance
Disability coverage
401(k)-retirement plan with company matching
Paid holidays
Personal time off
Company
Celestar
Celestar is a business consulting firm that offers IT, HR management, finance, and engineering services.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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