Data Engineer (SME)

Job Description

Job Description

The Opportunity:

Illuminate Technologies (ILT) is seeking a Data Engineer at the Subject Matter Expert (SME) level to support a federal customer on the SCOR 55 Adaptive Engineering & Machine Learning Operations mission. This role focuses on high-performance data pipelines, enterprise databases, and visual intelligence analytics.

The Data Engineer (SME) provides expert leadership in designing, building, and maintaining the data systems that support advanced analytics and visual intelligence applications. This role develops scalable data pipelines, builds large relational databases, and ensures data flows smoothly and securely across the organization. The SME also integrates new data systems with existing platforms and helps convert structured and semi structured data into meaningful, actionable insights. This position requires 4 days onsite in the customer space.

Responsibilities:

•  Build and maintain data pipelines that support visual analytics applications and high performance data processing.

•  Transform structured and semi structured data into usable, actionable information.

•  Design and construct large enterprise relational databases and ensure they perform efficiently.

•  Integrate new data systems with existing data warehouses and refine system performance.

•  Use open source, COTS, and GOTS technologies to support analytics and data workflows.

•  Develop strategies, standards, and best practices for database operations, programming, and security.

•  Collaborate with teams to analyze data needs and enhance overall data quality and usability.

Qualifications:

Required:

•  Minimum 10 years of relevant experience performing the duties described above.

•  Bachelor's degree required.

•  Knowledge of data engineering, database development, or related areas.

•  Strong experience with relational databases, SQL, and large scale data design.

•  Hands on experience building data pipelines for structured and semi structured data.

•  Familiarity with analytics, visualization technologies, and high performance or distributed computing.

•  Experience integrating new systems with enterprise data warehouses.

•  Understanding of secure data practices and zero trust principles.

•  Strong communication and problem solving skills.

Mission-Specific Technical Environment:

The following technologies and capabilities are drawn from the customer role description. Specific platform assignments vary by team and position.

•  In-house custom developed data pipeline

•  Kubernetes

•  Terraform

•  GitLab CI/CD

•  JFrog Artifactory

•  AWS Cloud Services

•  UI

•  Vue.js

•  Flask

•  Elixir

•  Phoenix LiveView

•  Daisy UI

•  ETL

•  Python

•  Cribl

•  Apache Nifi

•  Database (Postgres)

•  Apache Kafka

•  Splunk

•  Custom GOTS application(s)

•  Complex data parsing and streamlined ingestion

•  Provenance and end-to-end data lineage tracking

•  Schema-aligned ingestion and normalization of diverse structured and unstructured data

Preferred:

•  Experience with government or multi enclave data environments.

•  Background with data visualization platforms or visual analytics applications.

•  Experience with cloud data platforms or hybrid architectures.

•  Degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Eligibility Requirements:

•  United States citizenship is required for all contractor personnel associated with this SCOR 55 effort.

•  Active Top Secret clearance and eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI); active, transferable TS clearance is required before assignment to government-facility work.

•  Compliance with FBI security vetting, criminal and credit checks, and required polygraph screening for Cyber Division (CyD) and Counterterrorism Division (CTD) assignments; final access adjudication is performed by the Government.

Additional Information:

The source requisition explicitly states four days onsite. This does not guarantee a remote fifth day; the remaining schedule and any telework require customer approval and may change with mission requirements.

The program generally observes core operating hours of 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Eastern within a weekday scheduling window of 6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Eastern. Individual schedules, team assignments, onsite requirements, and travel are set by the customer and may change with mission need.

The Government may adjust qualification requirements and require role-specific skills assessments. Clearance eligibility, polygraph requirements, and access to facilities or systems are determined by the customer, not ILT.

What You Can Expect:

A small, focused team.

At Illuminate Technologies, you will join a small team focused on placing the best personnel in the right positions.

A mission-driven culture with balance.

We carry a Special Operations Forces (SOF) culture dedicated to national security. We hold that superior mission execution and a good quality of life go together, and we work to protect both.

Room to grow.

Your growth is not limited to your job description. You will have the opportunity to develop and take on work beyond your specified position.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. At Illuminate Technologies, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as: healthcare, retirement, and time off benefits.

The proposed annual base salary range for this position is: $135,000 - $175,000

Compensation is based on the specific level, skills, experience, work location, and applicable customer requirements; final range requires ILT review and approval.

Illuminate Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants are evaluated on the qualifications stated above, without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, including lactation, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, genetic information, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.

Company Description

Illuminate provides government agencies, commercial enterprises, and network operators with the data, services, and technology that helps them protect the information that surrounds us all and extract real value from it. We combine decades of cyber, intelligence and telecommunications expertise with innovative collection and analysis tools to deliver timely, actionable insight that our customers use to make fast, informed decisions.