Data Engineer

SciTec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Firefly Aerospace, is a dynamic non-traditional defense contractor that delivers advanced technologies in support of U.S. National Security and Defense. For the past forty-five plus years, we have supported Department of Defense customers by developing innovative remote sensing algorithms, tools, and techniques to deliver world-class data exploitation capabilities supporting missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, & reconnaissance; space domain awareness; and aircraft survivability missions., * Designing, building, and maintaining a scalable data driven resource planning and management infrastructure used for collecting, storing, processing, and analyzing business and project execution data

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, and project control specialists to define requirements and features to meet operational objectives and to support analytics use cases
• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading structured and unstructured data from various sources into data storage systems
• Manage and optimize data storage solutions, including databases, operational data stores, and data warehouses, to ensure high performance, reliability, and security
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and infrastructure through optimization, tuning, and capacity planning
• Document data pipelines, infrastructure configurations, and best practices for data engineering standards, ensuring knowledge sharing and team collaboration
• Other duties as assigned

SciTec is seeking a Data Engineer to work as part of our Project Control team to design, build, and maintain a scalable infrastructure for company wide resource and project management. The ideal candidate is passionate about data, technology, and automation and has a strong technical background in data engineering, with a combination of technical and business skills and a demonstrated ability to think strategically and creatively., * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Business Intelligence/Analytics, or a related field

• At least 3 years of experience in data engineering or software development
• Development experience in Python and working knowledge of UI programming languages (i.e., JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Experience working with complex data objects in various formats like JSON, XML and across different DB designs like PostgreSQL, MySQL
• Orchestrate automated deployments across development, test, and production environments using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
• Experience with AWS and deploying to cloud services
• Agile development experience working with tools such as Gitlab, Atlassian Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical thinking, and attention to detail
• Effective communication and teamwork abilities to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to multi-task, communicate effectively, collaborate in a team setting, and handle assignments independently
• Ability to obtain government security clearance
• Strong numerical, verbal, and written communication skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Detail oriented

Candidates who have the following skills will be preferred:

• At least 5 years of experience in data engineering or software development
• Active DoD Security Clearance

*Resumes, Cover Letters, and Applications which are generated by AI will not be considered for employment

SciTec offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• 4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match
• 100% company paid HSA Medical insurance, with a choice of 2 buy-up options
• 80% company paid Dental insurance
• 100% company paid Vision insurance
• 100% company paid Life insurance
• 100% company paid Long-term Disability insurance
• 100% company paid Hospital Indemnity insurance
• Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness insurance
• Short-term Disability insurance
• Annual Profit-Sharing Plan
• Discretionary Performance Bonus
• Paid Parental Leave
• Generous Paid Time Off, including Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Pay
• Flexible Work Hours

The pay range for this position is $105,000-$125,000 / year. SciTec considers several factors when extending an offer of employment, including but not limited to the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. This is not a guarantee of compensation.

SciTec is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. VET/Disabled.