Data Engineer at Buchanan & Edwards in Lorton, Virginia

Job Description:

Overview

Growth requires a strong foundation, and at Buchanan & Edwards, our people are our strength.

They are the foundation for building the next generation of innovative IT solutions, revolutionizing the industry, and solving the nation's most critical challenges.

Let Buchanan & Edwards help you unleash your potential and reach your goals.

Buchanan & Edwards is seeking a Data Engineer to join our team!

A challenging and dynamic work environment isn't all that BE has to offer. When you join BE, you become an integral part of our team. Not just an employee number, but a valued opinion with a voice that carries and drives change and innovation. You'll have access to some of the most well-respected IT industry leaders in virtually every field and learn new tools and techniques while expanding your knowledge and skillset. We're dedicated to helping you develop your career, and our culture applauds outside-the-box thinking and initiative. Our employee-focused leadership team knows that your success is our success and empowers employees with the necessary tools to excel. Join us as we continue to move the future forward, together.
Clearance
Interim Secret Responsibilities

• A qualified candidate is responsible for expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing data flow and collection for cross functional teams. The candidate will have extensive experience supporting software developers, database architects, data analysts and data scientists on data initiatives and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. Must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products, to optimize or even re-design the company's data architecture to support the next generation of products and data initiatives.
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  Key Responsibilities:
  
  
  • Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing the product into an innovative industry leader
  • Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
  • Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
  • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc
  • Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS/Azure 'big data' technologies
  • Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in the data systems.
  
  

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with wide variety of data platforms such as SQL database design, PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server
• Working knowledge programming languages including PySpark, Python, R, etc
• Three (3+) years of experience as a data engineer or a similar role
• Capable of supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Technical expertise with data models, data mining, and segmentation techniques
• Strong understanding of data pipelines; should be able to work with REST, SOAP, FTP, HTTP, and ODBC
• Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable data stores
• Familiar with using ETL Solutions like Azure Data Factory to assist in the extracting, transforming, and loading of data into data warehouses.
• Familiar with Cloud Platforms

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or similar fields
• Data engineering certification (e.g IBM Certified Data Engineer)
• Experience with Palantir Foundry

Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. (BE) is an Information Technology and Professional Services consulting firm located in Arlington, VA. BE is a diversified high-technology services company, providing government, commercial and nonprofit agencies technology solutions and organizational management services to ensure mission success. Serving the federal sector since 1998, we base our solutions on an in-depth understanding of our clients, their mission and the unique challenges they face. BE is the winner of the 2015 Microsoft U.S. Federal Solution Partner of the Year award, a 2015 and 2016 Washington Post Top Workplace and has been an Inc. 500/5000 awardee for six consecutive years. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is dedicated to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. We are committed to crafting a workplace that endorses creativity and innovation, and promotes engagement through open communication, acceptance of new people and ideas, and a supportive team dynamic. Buchanan & Edwards, Inc. is an equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities / Women / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. Buchanan & Edwards is an E-Verify employer.

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