Data Engineer

Leidos is seeking a highly qualified candidate for the Data Engineer role to support the United States Space Force (USSF) in the design, development, test, and deployment of defensive cyber capabilities. A successful candidate should have a deep understanding of defensive cyber technologies and policy, the relevant stakeholders and their equities, and be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment.

• Analyze existing data infrastructure, landscape, and security posture to create a data strategy roadmap
• Build an action plan in a Microsoft tool that is executable by the US Space Force
• Build and maintain an action plan for data collection, storage, and analysis

• Ensure cross-functional collaboration by partnering with the Data Strategist to support data infrastructure and mission needs

• Requires BS and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree
• Understanding of Data Security and access controls in accordance with the DoD and Air Force Data Strategy policies and procedures
• Has designed and maintained data architecture, models, schemas and data warehouses
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI, with experience creating executive-level operational reports and briefings
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with senior leaders
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work “in the weeds” with data
• Understanding of organizational data governance
• Understanding of the DoD and Air Force Data Strategy policies and procedures
• General understanding of data analytics
• Strong understanding of data lifecycle and layers required to process data from ingestion to visualization
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Grafana, Apache Superset, Tableau, and Power BI

• U.S. Citizen

• Current/active DoD Secret Clearance
• Advanced technical expertise with demonstrated architectural decision making and project leadership
• 5 to 7+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, analytics engineering or data platform development
• Deep production level expertise with cloud data platforms and warehouses like snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure
• Relevant cloud platform and data ecosystem certifications