BT-126 – Software Engineer
Skill Level: Senior I - ESW05
Location: Dulles (Hybrid) (fully on-site, no remote option)


**MUST HAVE A SECRET SECURITY CLEARANCE TO APPLY. Those who do not have a Secret clearance (or higher) will not be considered.**

• Supporting teams to migrate services, applications and platforms from legacy back-end systems to Databricks.
• Identifying the optimal path for migration, building the plan for migration and finally, execution of the plan.
• Data Pipeline migration of legacy pipelines from NiFi to Databricks, complete with validation.
• Implementing the medallion model for each of the data assets being migrated to Databricks.
• Develop an SOP for integration of data assets into the Databricks platform focused on efficiency, instrumentation and performance.
• Optimize development, testing, monitoring and security for data assets being added to the Databricks platform.
• Develop and implement a strategy for optimizing migration and integration of data assets to the Databricks platform.
• Develop code using various programming and scripting languages to automate/optimize data ingestion, pipeline orchestration and improve data management processes.
• Ingest transparency, leveraging technologies such as AWS CloudWatch to identify places for measuring and gathering performance information on automated data pipelines.
• Ensure Data Engineering Team Standard Operating Procedures are appropriately captured and communicated across the team.
• Ensure technical correctness, timeliness and quality of delivery for the team.
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills to all levels of management.

• 8 + years of directly relevant software development experience required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience performing data engineering work in a cloud environment.
• Experience with relational, noSQL and/or file-based storage (e.g. Databricks, Elastic, Postgres, S3, Athena, etc.)
• Experience working in a CICD Pipeline factory environment
• Working knowledge of Databricks, Cloud Relational Database Services, NiFi, AWS Redshift and Elasticsearch

• Experience with:
  • Databricks workflows
  • Databricks Unity Catalog
  • Databricks Autoloader
  • Databricks Delta Live Tables/Delta Lake
  • Databricks Workspace/Notebooks
  • MLflow
  • Apache Spark
• Experience with collaboration tools including MS Teams, MS Outlook, MS SharePoint, and Confluence
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional certification or equivalent.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Familiarity with CISA: Securing the Software Supply Chain
• Familiarity with CISA: Cybersecurity Best Practices
• Familiarity with CISA: Open-Source Software Security
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-218, Secure Software Development Framework V1.1:
  • Recommendations for Mitigating the Risk of Software Vulnerabilities
• Required Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or a related discipline is required. [Ten (10) years of experience (for a total of six (18) or more years) may be substituted for a degree.]