Python Data Engineer

Onsite: Expected to go onsite (into a SCIF) up to 5 days per week

Clearance: TS/SCI (no poly required)

***If you do NOT have a US Citizenship or a Security Clearance issued by a US Government Customer, we will likely not get back to you. It is a REQUIREMENT of the job.***

Black Cape has Won “Best Places to Work” every year in existence by either the Washington Business Journal & Virginia’s Best Places to Work!

Want to be a part of an intelligent, talented, dynamic, and FUN team and keep building something GREAT?? Then, you should consider Black Cape!

• We work with Department of War (DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers to accomplish their missions
• Come join us to work on cloud-native full-stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and machine learning capabilities
• Be a part of a team that is making an impact and HAVE FUN while doing so!

About the company

Black Cape is led by proven business and engineering leaders with a track record of building innovative technology companies focused on building mission applications. We support many programs and agencies as both a prime and a subcontractor and created a strong reputation working with top tier partners doing work for all major Intelligence Community agencies, DoW, and Special Operations customers.

Our engineer-led software teams develop technical solutions on an aggressive schedule across the DoW and IC to meet customer needs. Our engineers apply proven, repeatable software, technical, and analytical approaches to build solutions and have frequent interaction with end users to produce and deploy solutions.

We bring experience in building, integrating and deploying AI/ML solutions using Google TensorFlow, Python scikit-learn, and other tools. Black Cape’s approach to solution development combines lessons learned from developing and deploying applications to customer cloud environments with industry best practices in Agile development and DevOps.

What we are hiring :

Our program supporting SOCOM needs onsite engineers to work on python and data engineering to support mission users. We are looking for engineers that want to work close to Special Operations mission teams and have a direct impact on mission success. Engineering work will take place at customer sites up to 5 days per week.

Required Technical Skills (MUST HAVES) :

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree
• Must have a TS/SCI clearance (no poly required)
• 0-5 years of professional development experience
• Strong experience with Python
• Experience with at least ONE relational database, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or sqlite3
• Experience working with agile software development teams
• Experience working in classified government environments
• Experience developing on MacOS, Windows, and Linux
• Familiarity with database query languages including SQL
• Familiarity with Linux systems including RedHat-based distributions

Preferred Technical Skills (NICE TO HAVES):

• Experience with data extract, transform, load (ETL) techniques
• Experience with data tools such as NiFi, AirFlow
• Experience with NoSQL storage like Elasticsearch, Accumulo, or MongoDB
• Experience with containers, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience with AWS Console including but not limited to lite management of EC2 instances
• Background communicating to senior stakeholders in a classified environment
• CompTIA Security+ certification

Great Benefits | 401K | Competitive Salary | Generous Time Off | Exceptional Team-Building & Fun Company Events | Mentorship & Professional Development Programs | Tuition Reimbursement | Parental Policy