Defense Unicorns
Data Engineer
United States - Remote · Contract
No sponsorship$149k-$201kDetected 5 days ago
AWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDKafkaMachine LearningData EngineeringLLMsCybersecurityComplianceRecruitingSystems EngineeringCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
- THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE U.S. CITIZENSHIP.
- We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Designing data workflows, pipelines, and pathways to support ETL/ELT, while ensuring data-quality and exchange of sensitive information across AWS cloud and on-prem environments.
- Working with a platform team to implement best practices for configuration management, security, and performance optimization within Kubernetes and AWS environments
Requirements
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to both technical and non-technical team members
- The selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background check ("CBI") and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret-level DoD security clearance
- Demonstrated experience (minimum 5 years) in building and maintaining production data pipelines, databases, and data exchange services on Kubernetes Experience in designing, deploying, and operating Kafka / Redpanda data streaming solutions on Kubernetes
- Experience in creating data pipelines from scratch with the ability to process data in large volumes and manage data stores
- Knowledge of systems engineering principles to ensure the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of data layer systems Familiarity with API Security, Container Security, AWS Cloud Security Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and best practices for securing data layer systems
- Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Experience with machine learning and generative AI models
Nice to have
- Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
- Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
- Preferred Experience and
Compensation
- Travel Expectations/Requirements: 6-10 times per year
- $148,750 - $201,250 USD
Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Company Stock Options
- Home Office Budget
- We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year's
- Paid Parental Leave
Company info
- Kubernetes
- Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
- Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
- Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
- GitOps
- Containers
- CNCF projects and open source products and packages
- Helm/Kustomize-Value Stream Mapping
- Building and improving security delivery
- Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges.
- Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security.
- Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.
- We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery.
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