Space Protection Mission Data Engineer

SAIC is seeking a Space Protection Mission Data Engineer to serve as a subject matter expert and Space Protection Officer (SPO) representative. The role will coordinate the deployment of new space protection and Indications and Warning (I&W) capabilities into space operations, with a focus on dependable, scalable data solutions for an I&W ground system.

Location

• Chantilly, VA (onsite)

Salary

• USD 160,001 - 200,000 per yearly

Experience and Education

• Minimum 9 years of experience (Bachelor’s degree)
• Alternative experience options: Master’s plus 7 years; PhD plus 4 or more years
• Education: Bachelor’s degree

Key Responsibilities

• Provide data management and integration support to the government’s system data layer solution owner for software development of a ground system providing space I&W capabilities.
• Coordinate with mission application development teams to elicit system data layer needs and dependencies, supporting delivery of well-documented, reliable datasets and interfaces.
• Manage generation and maintenance of system data layer requirements and performance measures in coordination with the Government, third-party developers, and other stakeholders.
• Lead identification, coordination, and system integration of Department of War (DoW) and IC external data sources.
• Evaluate data architectures and assess overall technical progress of system data layer development, providing recommendations to the government to improve data pipelines, data quality, and other technical data-related areas.
• Represent the SPO during software Program Increment (PI) planning, pre-planning, Sprint close-out, and demonstration events to guide development activities and maintain alignment with SPO data layer priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Relevant education and experience in computer science, computer engineering, data engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing, testing, or fielding space software systems, including space or ground components.
• Experience engineering, managing, and evaluating data layer solutions.
• Familiarity with trade-offs between data management architectures and technologies.

Preferred Skills

• Experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines from multiple structured and unstructured data sources.
• Experience authoring interface control documents or application programming interfaces.
• Familiarity with Data-as-a-Service approaches using restful APIs.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL database architectures.
• Familiarity with attribute level tagging and data visibility controls for multi-level security data architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud architecture, application, and integration (DataBricks, AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies, including participation in scrums and contribution to solution epics/features and continuous integration/continuous deployment.

Technologies

• ETL/ELT, SQL, NoSQL
• Restful APIs
• DataBricks
• AWS, Azure, GCP
• Agile development methodologies
• Continuous integration/continuous deployment

Travel

• 10% of the time

Clearance Details

• Minimum clearance required: TS.SCI_wPoly
• Clearance level must be able to obtain: None

Remote Work Potential

• ORA_ON_SITE