Information Technology/Data Warehouse Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Job Description

Job Description

Be Challenged and Make a Difference

In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.

Description of Task to be Performed:

AnaVation is seeking a highly experienced Information Technology/Data Warehousing Subject Matter Expert to support an enterprise-scale migration of legacy data into a secure commercial cloud solution. The selected candidate will play a key role on our technical team and will participate in the architecture, design, deployment, validation, and transition of legacy systems and data into a new secure, scalable, cloud-based data platform. The selected candidate will oversee the successful migration into the new data platform, ensure accessibility in the modernized system, and maintain secure handling of all sensitive information throughout the migration lifecycle. This role requires working onsite in customer spaces and regularly interfacing with government personnel at all levels. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in enterprise IT networks, data engineering, data migration, and secure cloud solutions within federal government environments.

This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI access with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field of study; or in lieu of education, five (5) years of additional documented experience that addresses all requirements of the position.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology, Data Engineering, or Data Warehousing.
• Demonstrated expertise supporting successful large-scale, enterprise modernization or migration projects, preferably in a federal government environment.
• Senior-level expertise in system modernization, data migration, data engineering, and engineering database systems. 
• Experience performing accurate, secure, and seamless migration of sensitive data from multiple legacy systems into a modern cloud-based environment.
• Experience analyzing and extracting data, metadata, and user-applied markings from legacy applications and underlying storage solutions.
• Expertise designing and engineering storage solutions for both legacy and modern architectures.
• Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based environments, with AWS preferred.
• Experience planning and executing end-to-end data validation, quality checks, and data reconciliation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly document requirements, findings, risks, and recommendations.
• Ability to work on site in Huntsville, Alabama.
• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CompTIA Security+ , CISSP, CISM, or other industry standard certs.
• Working knowledge of operating systems, network security, and application security to support secure cloud implementations.
• Experience assessing and documenting results for systems, infrastructure, and applications in on- premises and cloud environments.
• Familiarity with data, metadata structures, and user-applied data markings or dissemination controls.
• Experience implementing auditability, lineage tracking, and traceability for migrated datasets.
• Strong understanding of security controls, risk mitigation, incident response, configuration management, and continuous monitoring practices.
• Experience with secure data transport mechanisms or multi-domain data handling considerations.

Benefits

• Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents 
• 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents 
• 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance 
• 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents 
• 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting 
• Competitive Pay 
• Generous paid leave and holiday package 
• Tuition and training reimbursement 
• Life and AD&D Insurance

About AnaVation

AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.

If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!

AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.