Data Automation Engineer (TS/SCI required)

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Data Automation Engineer to support a newly awarded 10 year contract in Springfield, VA. This position requires a TS / SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities :

• Design and implement automation solutions to enhance data capture, data refinement, and processes. Coding examples include :
• Interfacing with device APIs in order to collect operational metrics
• Providing automated VoIP phone setup
• Administering and automating data pipelines between different environments
• Produce and deploy code via GitLab projects in collaboration with other team members
• Utilize best practices for source control, testing, and deployment of software changes
• Work in close collaboration with other automation engineers, infrastructure administrators, and data scientists
• Diagnose, isolate, and expediently resolve complex problems pertaining to data structures
• Develop methods of ensuring data incompatibilities among systems are systematically eliminated
• Develop and recommend data management policies, standards, practices, and security measures to ensure effective and consistent data management operations
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts to increase data availability, data quality, and speed of access
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of designs / configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks

Required Skills and Experience :

• Scripting, coding, or software development experience
• Comfort with Linux / Windows command-line
• Automation mindset
• System administration and / or DevOps environment experience
• Python experience
• Shell scripting experience such as Bash or PowerShell
• Experience with Database technologies such as Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, or MySQL
• Experience writing and working with SQL commands
• Version control experience with Git
• Experience with Gitlab and Git workflows
• Familiarity with Agile Scrum methodologies

Desired Skills :

• Web App development experience such as Flask, Django, React, etc.
• UI / UX experience
• Experience with Analytics tools such as Tableau
• Infrastructure as Code experience
• Experience in technical operations at DoD / IC agencies
• Cloud experience such as AWS, Azure, GCP, etc

Benefits and Perks

Compensation

• Industry competitive salary well above market average
• 401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
• Referral bonuses up to $10,000

100% company-paid benefits

• Cigna OAP $0 deductible Medical plan for employee + family
• Vision and Dental plan for employee + family
• Short Term Disability for employee
• Long Term Disability for employee
• Life Insurance for employee

Flexible Paid Time Off Policy

• 180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
• 10+ Company Holidays per year
• 6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
• Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules

Career Growth

• Company sponsored training and certifications
• No questions asked professional / business / technical book reimbursement
• Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses

Company Overview

Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities.

Established in 2008, IDS has 14 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We’re a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations.

We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics.

Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services : strategy, design, implementation and operations.

IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.

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