Senior Data Engineer - Fort Gordon, Georgia (APOGEE)

Senior Data Engineer Celestar Corporation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support INSCOM under the Army Persistent Overhead Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Exploitation Enterprise Support Services (APOGEE). The primary place of performance will be Fort Gordon, Georgia . If interested and meet ALL the required qualifications and active clearance level, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity. Contract Details Anticipated Award Month: July 2026 Anticipated Start Month: July 2026 Period of Performance: 1 Base + 4 Option Years Location: Fort Gordon, Georgia CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI (within the last 5 years) About Us Celestar, a B&A Company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company‑paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off. Responsibilities The Data Engineer will design, implement, and operate data‑driven approaches to client’s intelligence requirement. Design how data will be stored, accessed, used, integrated, and managed by different data regimes and digital systems as necessary/directed. Work with GEOINT analysts to determine, create, and populate optimal data architectures, structures, systems, process automation, and models to support customer intelligence requirements. Provide subject matter expertise on all facets of GEOINT, including related fields such as open‑source GEOINT, data science/analysis, and imagery science, and facilitate the integration of emerging GEOINT capabilities (including all related functions) as required. Responsible for developing, adapting, and integrating algorithms, software tools, and tradecraft to satisfy customer requirements, as necessary/directed. Required qualifications/skills Education/Experience MA or MS in Data Science, Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics, or related field AND 5 years CURRENT Intelligence Analysis experience; OR BA or BS in Data Science, Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics, or related field AND 10 years CURRENT Intelligence Analysis experience; OR HS diploma/GED AND Specialized Training with at least 15 years of Intelligence Analysis experience to include 10 years of CURRENT GEOINT Analysis experience AND 5 years of Data Analytics, Informatics, Statistics experience Qualifications Excellent written & oral communication, research, and analytic skills Expert ability to manage personnel, requirements, and coordination of projects Expert capabilities to research, create, develop, and deliver professional briefings, multimedia presentations, and written reports Experience utilizing programming languages such as SAS, R, Java, C, MATLAB, ScaLa, or Python; experience accelerating large data transactions across industry‑leading GPU architectures to answer analytic questions Experience with assessments, enterprise data integration, governance, and metrics, including the application of metadata management techniques and ability to interrogate databases efficiently using SQL Experience with tradecraft and publication; ability to coordinate and support cross‑community meetings and working groups; assimilate large volumes of information, and independently produce reports using data science focused libraries such as Pandas, Scikit, TensorFlow and Gensim to answer analytical questions Current/active TS/SCI clearance Desired Qualifications/Skills Knowledge of Army structure and defense level intelligence operations: intelligence collection, fusion, analysis, production, and dissemination for intelligence databases and products Knowledge and experience with intelligence operations and in assisting with drafting expert assessments across operations priorities on behalf of the stakeholder Specialized training from any intelligence collection and analysis school or certification to include GEOINT Professional Certification (GPC-F, GPC_IA-II, GPC_GA-II, GPC_IS-II, etc.) Knowledge and understanding of the National System for GEOINT (NSG) and Intelligence Community; knowledge of private sector data science/analytics, machine learning, and data visualization communities. Come on board with a company that Values its Employees! Equal Opportunity Employer Celestar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Celestar Corporation prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same‑sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, marital status, service member/protected veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kinsley Power Systems