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Data Engineer

Markesman Group

Full-time

Fort Eisenhower, GA

Job description

Markesman Group is looking for a talented Data Engineer to support the acquisition of mission critical and mission support data sets. The preferred candidate will have a background in supporting cyber and/or network related missions within the military spaces, as either a developer, analyst, or engineer. Must be willing to work in a hybrid role with some on-site work with a great team.


Responsibilities

  • The ideal candidate will have worked with big data systems, complex structured and unstructured data sets, and have supported government data acquisition, analysis, and/or sharing efforts in the past.
  • To excel in the position, the candidate shall have a strong attention to detail, be able to understand technical complexities, and have the willingness to learn and adapt to the situation.
  • The candidate will work both independently and as part of a large team to accomplish client objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

  • A Secret clearance is required.
  • 5 years? experience as a developer, analyst, or engineer with a Bachelors in related field; OR 3 years relevant experience with Masters in related field; OR High School Diploma or equivalent and 9 years relevant experience.
  • Experience with programming languages such as Python and Java.
  • Proficiency with acquisition and understanding of network data and the associated metadata.
  • Fluency with data extraction, translation, and loading including data prep and labeling to enable data analytics.
  • Experience with Kibana and Elasticsearch.
  • Familiarity with various log formats such as JSON, XML, and others.
  • Experience with data flow, management, and storage solutions (i.e. Kafka, NiFi, and AWS S3 and SQS solutions).
  • Ability to decompose technical problems and troubleshoot system and dataflow issues.
  • Must be able to work on-site in a hybrid role with a great team.

Preferred Requirements

  • Experience with NOSQL databases such as Accumulo desired
  • Prior Experience supporting cyber and/or network security operations within a large enterprise, as either an analyst, engineer, architect, or developer.