Data Engineer
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Job description
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Data Engineer to join our team! In this role, you will collaborate directly with federal clients and cross-functional teams to maintain streaming data solutions. You'll deploy and manage Kafka clusters in Kubernetes environments, gather requirements onsite, and provide feedback while participating in agile ceremonies, design reviews, and customer demos to ensure seamless delivery of innovative data pipelines.
This role supports a hybrid schedule, requiring at least three days per week on-site or as needed.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Work directly with federal clients and cross-functional teams to deliver Kafka-based streaming data solutions
- Design, develop, and maintain Kafka applications and data pipelines
- Deploy and manage Kafka clusters in Kubernetes environments
- Collaborate onsite with customers to gather requirements and provide technical guidance
- Participate in agile ceremonies, design reviews, and customer demonstrations
Requirements
- B.S. in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 3+ years software engineering experience
- Strong Java development skills with experience building production applications
- Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka - topics, partitions, consumer groups, and basic operations
- Strong communication and client-facing skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for diverse audiences and work directly with customers
- Experience with distributed systems concepts and troubleshooting
- Experience with Linux environments and basic scripting (bash/shell)
- Experience with Git and modern development workflows
- Familiarity with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms
- Active Secret clearance is required
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Kafka Connect connector development or Kafka Streams experience
- Kubernetes operators (Strimzi) or stateful workload management
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
- Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
- Agile methodology experience
Benefits & conditions
An active Secret security clearance is required for this position.
This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.
The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what's next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.
Salary Range: $103,500.00 - $181,100.00
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!
