FTI is hiring a Data Engineer to support United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) Cyber Operations Branch in the development and deployment of defensive cyberspace capabilities across Space mission and weapon systems. A successful candidate should have a diverse technical background and be leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in an Agile, fast-paced environment.

Why choose FTI?  Our products and technologies are exciting and innovative!  Many of these have come from significant investments via the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) culture; they truly empower our customers to feel confident in how their organizations are supported. You will also be joining a team united in a common mission; supporting U.S. national defense and the federal government. Our culture revolves around the 4C’s: Core Values, Commitment, Compassion, and Charity.   Every day we strive to show our passion for our employees and customers, while showing love to our neighbors in the community.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Assembles large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional requirements
• Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements including re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, optimizing data delivery, and automating manual processes
• Builds required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources.
• Curate and maintain data that is stored in support of metrics and evaluation.
• Working with developers to make sure key data points are stored in a Postgres database.
• Working with data providers and back-end API developers to normalize schemas and define data flows for persistence and analytics.
• Design, build, test, maintain, and automate data collection/pipelines.
• Develop Dashboards for Data Analytics.
• Implement Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning.
• Using Agile methodologies to develop software.

Required:

• Must possess an active DoD Secret Clearance. A Top Secret (TS) security clearance (with SCI and SAP eligibility) is HIGHLY desired.
• Bachelor of Science degree (or higher) in computer science or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience as a Data Engineer/Scientist.
• Experience developing data pipelines and normalizing data.
• Experience using AWS cloud services.
• Experience with PostgreSQL database.
• Ability to work efficiently on small, distributed teams.
• Familiarity with Agile principles.

 Preferred:

• Relevant DoD and/or Industry work experience in Space Systems Command.
• Experience with Cyber Operations Branch (SSC/SZYO) program office.
• Experience developing Tableau Dashboards.
• ELK Stack Experience.
• Real-time event streaming.
• AWS S3, EC2, Lambda, Kinesis.
• Apache Spark, NiFi.
• Confluent Kafka.
• Experience with Containers (Docker, Docker Compose).
• DevSecOps utilizing test-driven development.
• Gitlab experience.

For this role, the annual compensation range for candidates in Colorado is ($84,370.00 – $137,629.00). Note: Starting pay will be based on a number of factors and commensurate with qualifications & experience. FTI has a location-based compensation structure; there may be a different range for candidates in other locations.

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