DATA ENGINEER
Summary:
See below for important information regarding this job. Position will be filled at any of the locations listed below. Site specific salary information as follows: Battle Creek, MI: $125,776- $163,514 Columbus, OH: $131,245- $170,624 Dayton, OH: $130,461 - $169,604 Fort Belvoir, VA: $143,913- $187,093 New Cumberland, PA: $143,913- $187,093 Ogden, UT: $125,776- $163,514 Philadelphia, PA: $138,595- $180,178 Richmond, VA: $131,385- $170,806 Duties Help Architects, develops, tests, and maintains scalable data pipelines to ingest structured and unstructured data from disparate DLA, DoD, and commercial sources using complex ETL/ELT processes. Develops resilient batch and real-time data solutions using Python, Scala, or Java, and frameworks like Apache Spark and Airflow for strategic reporting and operational AI model serving. Implements CI/CD practices for automated testing and deployment, troubleshooting pipeline executions to optimize performance, integrity, and cost-effectiveness for DLA systems. Leads the design and administration of data warehouse and data lake structures, implementing dimensional and data vault models to support business intelligence and AI/ML use cases. Administers and optimizes cloud data warehouses such as Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery, managing partitioning, indexing, and clustering strategies for high-performance analytics. Enforces data governance, data quality, and enterprise data catalogs, collaborating with security teams to apply access controls, encryption, and data masking for CUI and Secret data. Serves as principal technical advisor for the AI and Analytics CoE, translating data requirements from data scientists, ML engineers, and analysts into technical specifications for logistics systems. Provides guidance on data architecture best practices, mentors junior technical staff, establishes coding standards, and conducts peer reviews for data engineering projects. Communicates complex technical concepts regarding data architecture and pipeline design to non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership to guide strategic organizational decisions. Researches, evaluates, and prototypes emerging data technologies and architectural patterns, conducting technical assessments and proofs-of-concept for cloud services and processing engines. Leads technical planning and migration strategies to modernize legacy systems, transitioning data workloads to cloud-native platforms while maintaining expertise in industry trends.
Requirements:
- Help Conditions of employment
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Tour of Duty: Set Schedule
Security Requirements:
- Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access
- Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Exempt
- Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
- Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Bargaining Unit Status: NoPre-Employment Physical: Not Required
- Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
Qualifications:
To qualify for an IT Specialist (DATAMGMT), your resume and supporting documentation must support: B.
Education:
Applicants may not qualify for this position based on education in lieu of specialized experience Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-14 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:mastery in designing and maintaining enterprise data pipelinesoptimizing cloud data warehousesproviding technical architecture guidance. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Education:
Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.
Additional information:
As required by 5 C.F.R.302.106, DLA will provide Section 508 conformant ICT to employees with disabilities. All ICT interfaces with the public related to vacancy announcements and career transition opportunities must conform to the applicable requirements in the current ICT Standards and Guidelines (36 C.F.R.1194).For Important General Applicant Information and Definitions go to: http://www.dla.mil/portals/104/documents/careers/GenAppInfoDef.pdfReemployed Annuitants: This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/140025_vol300.PDFDrug-Free Workplace PolicyThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is committed to maintaining a safe, drug-free workplace. All DLA employees are required to refrain from illegal drug use on and off duty. DLA conducts pre-employment, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random drug testing. Applicants tentatively selected for employment in testing designated positions will undergo a urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Refusal to undergo testing or testing positive for illegal drugs will result in withdrawal of the tentative job offer and a six-month denial of employment with DLA from the date of the drug test. Employees in drug testing designated positions are subject to random drug testing. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. The DLA drug testing panel tests for the following substances: marijuana, cocaine, opiates, heroin, phencyclidine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, fentanyl, norfentanyl, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), and opioids.
ADVISORY:
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