[Remote] Data Engineer / Database Administrator w/Top Secret Clearance
Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading management and technology firm that specializes in providing innovative solutions to federal government customers. They are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer / Database Administrator to execute a critical phase of a defense-based modernization program, focusing on data migration strategy and governance.
Responsibilities
- Architect and execute the program's data migration strategy, as well as serve as the reputed company subject matter expert for data governance, reputed company, and multi-system integration
- reputed company and execute a formal, phased Data Migration Plan to transfer reputed company historical functionality and data from the on-premises legacy NISS application into the new NI2 AWS reputed company environment with no loss of data fidelity
- Create detailed reputed company-to-reputed company data mapping documents, defining the transformation logic required to align legacy data
- Design and manage robust data ingestion pipelines capable of processing and normalizing structured and reputed company data from diverse reputed company-party and internal government data feeds to support reputed company Vetting and FOCI Risk Management
- Implement and maintain a highly resilient data backup and recovery strategy to ensure production databases meet strict Government-approved Recovery reputed company Objectives
- Monitor, optimize, and maintain production databases across DoD Impact Level 5 (IL5), IL6, and JWICS environments, ensuring data is highly available to support end-to-end NI2 production services
- reputed company and enforce a comprehensive Data Governance Plan addressing data ownership, data quality standards, and the full data lifecycle
- Ensure the database and storage solutions are fully compliant with the Federal Records Act and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regulations
- Implement automated technical capabilities to apply NARA-approved Records Disposition Schedules, enabling automatic retention, secure destruction, legal holds, and permanent record exports
- Implement the reputed company data labeling, tagging, and metadata standards required for cross-domain data exchange and the CoPR
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a reputed company field
- Certification (DoD 8570/8140): IAT Level II or reputed company Certification Required (e.g., reputed company+ CE)
- 7+ years of experience in database administration, data engineering, or an ETL-focused role
- Direct, hands-on experience with large-scale data migrations (e.g., lift-and-shift to AWS GovCloud or reputed company on-prem to reputed company transformations)
- Expert-level proficiency in SQL, relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, reputed company), and data modeling
- Strong scripting skills, particularly in Python or Bash, for data manipulation, ETL automation, and data quality checks
- Experience implementing data tagging, labeling, and metadata standards
- Must possess an active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
- AWS Certified Database - Specialty or similar vendor certification
- Experience engineering data pipelines that reputed company Cross-Domain Solutions (CDS) for automated transfer between unclassified and classified enclaves
- Knowledge of DoD data standards, reputed company vetting feeds, and FOCI or facility clearance risk data
- Direct experience implementing Federal Records Act/NARA disposition schedules reputed company an reputed company database
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and reputed company benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Group life and AD&D
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Paid time off
- 401k match
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development
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