Clarity Innovations
Data Engineer
Herndon, VA and/or Columbia, MD · Senior · Contract
No sponsorship$103k-$285kDetected 8 days ago
TypeScriptDistributed SystemsKubernetesCI/CDKafkaSparkAirflowData EngineeringProcurement
About the role
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant pipelines to ingest data from diverse internal and external sources and transport it through multiple enclaves
- Implement schema validation, transformation, enrichment, and error handling mechanisms
- Collaborate with platform, data, security, DevSecOps and CDS engineers to ensure end-to-end data flow reliability
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Professional data engineering experience in a real-world team environment.
- 4+ years for mid level and 7+ years for senior level.
- Strong experience with Spark and SQL.
- Experience with two other major data processing frameworks (e.g., Kafka, NiFi, Airflow, Trino etc.)
- Experience with lakehouse architecture
- Must be located in the DMV area (DC, MD, VA)
Nice to have
- Experience with Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) or secure data transfer patterns
- Experience working in Kubernetes environments
- Experience working with APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience supporting systems in regulated or DoD environments
- TS/SCI clearance preferred
- Nice to Have Skills
- must be eligible to obtain TS/SCI with CI Poly within 6 months of hire.
- U.S. citizenship required
Skills
- Troubleshoot and resolve defects across distributed systems and ingestion pipelines
Compensation
- $103k-$285k
Company info
- first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices.
- We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.
- We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions.
- At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued.
- Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.
- Data Engineer
- Mid/Senior Level
- Position Overview
- DANDIE (Data Acquisition Network for Delivery, Ingestion and Exploitation) is a new program that will serve as the strategic data platform designed to streamline the procurement, onboarding, consumption, and offboarding of CAI / PAI datasets as a reliable enabler of OCO missions.
- Built on OSS, COTS, and GOTS components and deployed on Kubernetes, DANDIE will support batch, streaming, and QiP cross-domain data workflows and gearing up to become the enterprise data hub for Cyber Command.
- In this role, you will contribute directly to the success of the DANDIE platform by applying your expertise to a mission-critical problem space.
- You will work alongside product, engineering, data, platform, and security teams to deliver scalable, secure capabilities aligned with mission priorities.
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizenship required
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