Senior Data Engineer

At B&A, we foster and embrace a distinct set of values that we live by and instill in all aspects of our organization: dedication, commitment, partnership, trust, and recognition. We have incorporated these values into successful delivery for our customers since 1988. B&A believes in ensuring its employees feel deeply connected to B&A, recognizing successes and hard work, and providing continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Our people are entrepreneurial thinkers that combine mindset, vision, and experience to drive value – not only to us as an organization, but to the clients we support. We promote a collaborative culture with our clients, and with each other, as one team working towards a common vision. We’d love for you to join our team!Job SummaryB&A is looking for a

Senior Data Engineer

to join a contract with a federal government client in support of an important mission. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a great team while supporting the United States Customs and Border Protection. The Senior Data Engineer will work with our data warehousing team to transform transactional data into datasets that are consumable by a variety of consumers, for reporting and analytics. The successful candidate will be flexible and forward-leaning, able to learn new tools and skills, and able to learn new data domains as the data warehouse grows.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and maintain scalable and reliable data pipelines to support data integration, processing, and analysis.Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver high-quality data solutions.Implement best practices for data management, including data governance, data quality, and data security.Optimize and tune data processes for performance and cost-efficiency.Develop and maintain ETL processes to ingest and transform data from various sources.Create and manage data models, schemas, and databases to support data storage and retrieval.Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure data accuracy and availability.Mentor and provide guidance to junior data engineers and other team members.Stay up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends in data engineering.Education and ExperienceBachelor’s degree plus at least 7 years in a data engineering role including ETL development, database development, data integration, data mining, big data.Required SkillsStrong experience developing and maintaining complex SQL for ETL and reporting.Strong experience with large complex data systems.Experience performing database administration tasks (manage scheduled jobs, cluster configurations).Experience performing software administration tasks (deploy applications, manage scheduled tasks).Ability to learn new tools quickly as needed to provide new ideas for solving problems.Ability and desire to work with other program staff and customers to reach design decisions within given constraints.Excellent diplomacy and communication skills with both clients and technical staff.Desired SkillsProficiency in Python and Scala.Experience using Spark and Hive.Experience with Qlik or other data visualization administration.Experience completing Databricks development and/or administrative tasks.Familiarity with some of these tools: DB2, Oracle, SAP, Postgres, Elastic Search, Glacier, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Hadoop, Splunk, SAP HANA, Databricks.Experience working with federal government clients.Security ClearanceActive DHS or CBP Public Trust required.

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