Data Engineer

Job Description

Description

SAIC’s Horizon 2 Program is seeking a Sr. Principal Data Engineer to join our National Space Test and Training Complex (NSTTC) program located in Colorado Springs, CO. 

The Data Engineer will coordinate with government and partner data stewards across the program and US Space Force data enterprise to manage data strategies, cross-cutting infrastructure, and processes to drive consistent data governance for test and training purposes while ensuring enterprise solutions so that data consumers and producers can find, securely access, and use data more effectively and confidently.  We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic people who are excited about taking on a variety of challenges as we continue to develop a test and training enterprise data governance solution and support enterprise data & analytic solutions. Successful candidates will be able to work under only very general supervision.

Occasional travel may be required to engage with key stakeholders. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Independently evaluate, select, adapt, and modify data strategies, plans, and potential solutions and conduct engineering assessments for integration into large-scale enterprise data governance
• Engage with government technical data stewards to aid in conducting data lineage, deriving business rules (attributes, calculations, derivations, etc.), and understanding data attribute’s purpose and utilization
• Direct the definition, aggregation, and maintenance of critical data elements needed to populate modeling, simulation, and analysis software
• Coordinate with government data stewards to create enterprise level data quality metrics and a quality data model, consistent across enterprise solutions
• Support on-boarding and integration of data sources and serve as a liaison between government organizations in support of a federated governance model
• Analyze complex data problems and apply principles and practices of the data disciplines while devising new approaches and solutions to data problem sets
• Partner with government customer data administrators to ensure that standards and governance are understood and well implemented
• Manage day-to-day activities to ensure the data processes run smoothly and support issue and resolution tasks for data issues
• Create capabilities to perform data quality audits, find data collection issues, and suggest improvements while acting on findings as necessary and implementing fixes

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Masters in IT, computer science, software engineering, or a related field and 14+ years experience in related field
• Must have a current background investigation commensurate with Top Secret security clearance and be able to obtain a Sensitive Compartmented Information access and consent to a counter-intelligence polygraph examination
• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• DevSecOps Certification
• Experience with Cybersecurity, IT, ML, and AI
• Experience with Agile DevSecOps models for software
• Experience with coding languages/interfaces and design/architecture processes and toolsets
• Experience with SQL Server and SQL Server Integration Services
• Experience with mathematical evaluation approaches to data integration and enterprise-wide data infrastructure
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud systems

Desired Qualifications:

• PhD in IT, computer science, software engineering, or related field of expertise

Overview

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.9 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.