Senior Data Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our team and support our client in Ashburn, VA.

Successful applicants must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing and building systems to collect and process data (and events) at a massive scale. The data is used for a variety of purposes from business insights to application(s) monitoring.
• Conducts and coordinates the design and implementation of software development to meet user requirements.
• Performs quality assurance activities such as peer reviews.
• Support Operations and Maintenance (O&M) tasks for all application programs and assist with analyzing and troubleshooting production issues.
• Analyze business requirements and create technical specifications, develops unit test plans to verify the functionality of new and or revised applications.
• Develops technical design specifications for application development.
• Guides the work of Junior and Journeyman Data Engineers

Requirements

Work Experience:

• A Minimum 10 years of experience in complete software development lifecycle using Agile methodologies
• 7+ years of Java or Scala development experience
• Experience with at least one of the following technologies:

• Batch and distributed stream processing methods such as Apache Spark and Kafka
• Distributed NoSQL/Key-Value stores such as HBase, Cassandra, or DynamoDB
• Distributed search engines like Elasticsearch or Solr

• Restful web services experience with code development, deployment, versioning, and build tools (e.g. Eclipse, Git, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins)
• Understanding of Microservices architecture, including professional experience in the design, build, and operations of microservices in a production environment
• 5+ years of experience with Relational Database Systems and SQL
• 3+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux and shell scripting
• 1+ years of experience developing containerized applications using Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes
• Experience delivering solutions using Amazon Web Services (AWS EC2, RDS, S3, VPC)

Job Skills:

• Knowledge and experience in software development with the identified technologies
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office including Excel, Office, etc.
• Comprehensive problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Willingness to learn, evolve and multi-task.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or other related discipline required

Certificates, Licenses & Registrations:

• US citizens only due to federal/government requirements.
• Must be able to clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection Background Investigation (BI)
• Existing Customs and Border Protection BI desired

Communication Skills:

• Excellent communication, personal, and governance skills.
• Solid ability to interface, inspire and motivate at various levels of the organization.
• Ability to convey technical information to non-technical individuals.
• Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across internal and external organizations.

Travel:

• Willing to travel occasionally as needed (up to 10%)

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly sedentary; in an office environment.
• May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

Please note: Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening

Company Overview:

Node.Digital is an independent Digital Automation & Cognitive Engineering company that integrates best-of-breed technologies to accelerate business impact.

Our Core Values help us in our mission. They include:

OUR CORE VALUES

**Identifying the~RIGHT PEOPLE~and developing them to their full capabilities**

**Our customer’s “Mission” is our “Mission”. Our~MISSION FIRST~approach is designed to keep our customers fully engaged while becoming their trusted partner**

**We believe in~SIMPLIFYING~complex problems with a relentless focus on agile delivery excellence**

**Our mantra is “~Simple*Secure*Speed~” in the delivery of innovative services and solutions**

Benefits

• Medical (90% Coverage for Employee)
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life (100% Coverage for Employee)
• Long Term Disability (100% Coverage for Employee)
• Health Saving Account
• 401K
• Three weeks of PTO
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Pre-Approved Online Training