Data Integration Engineer – TS/SCI at Xcelerate Solutions – Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Data Integration Engineer – TS/SCI
Xcelerate Solution is seeking our next TS/SCI Certified Data Integration Engineer to support the National Media Exploitation Center (NMEC) under our 10-year DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP) contract. Make an impact as part of a mission-driven, solutions-oriented, and adaptive team that values ​​innovation, collaboration, and professional development. Your role will be to design, implement, maintain, and monitor data pipelines in support of both R&D prototypes and production pipelines. You will succeed through effective cross-functional collaboration in areas such as, but not limited to, development, product, and QA in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. While the majority of work will be performed onsite at our client location in Bethesda, MD, we offer a flexible schedule and some unclassified development tasks can be performed remotely. The percentage of remote work varies based on client requirements/deliverables. Join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented and brightest minds in the GovCon industry.
Location:
Bethesda, MD (Hybrid) Security Clearance:
TS/SCI
Responsibilities

• Perform database builds, installations, configuration, management and troubleshooting of database systems (e.g. MariaDB/MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Qdrant, Milvus, etc.)
• Ensure data integrity by applying data engineering best practices
• Maintain database and data pipeline documentation, data dictionaries, and system diagrams

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of relevant experience or Master’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
• Experience with SQL, NoSQL and vector databases such as MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, FAISS, Milvus, Qdrant, etc.
• Experience in designing and maintaining ETL and ELT pipelines using technologies such as Spark, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, Argocd, Metaflow, Kubeflow, etc.
• Experience with DevOps/MLOps, using CI/CD methodology with data pipelines and cloud-native deployment paradigms
• Must possess an active secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with polygraph
• Experience in database design, implementation, maintenance, monitoring, performance tuning and optimization.
• Expertise in data profiling techniques and insight into the content from both a data quality and business perspective
• Experience with techniques for evaluating data quality and accuracy
• Experience with Agile practices
• Development experience with Python
• Experience in the development, customization and migration of data models and maintenance
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Enthusiastic, able to work well in a team and is a self-starter who can work independently.

Desired qualification

• An active TS/SCI release
• Experience supporting data teams and data scientists
• Experience with a production/enterprise system
• Experience in air-gapped environments
• Application development and deployment in an AWS environment
• AWS Certifications

About Xcelerate Solutions:
Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America’s fastest growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diverse workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported by growth and development opportunities that contribute to the growth of individuals and companies. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Workplaces” list and by being a certified “Great Place to Work” with a 4.6 star rating and a 99% CEO approval rating on Glassdoor. Find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the best employers in DC Metro! Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or expression of any other protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate will provide reasonable accommodations when necessary due to an applicant’s or employee’s disability. Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or otherwise discriminate against any employee or applicant because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.