TISTA Science and Technology Corporation, a CMMI Maturity Level 3 company, focuses on delivering information technology and professional services to Federal and State agencies.
Are you a Data Engineer that would like to be part of an integrated cross-functional project team delivering an integrated approach to provide Veterans and their families the most efficient and timely service and benefits resulting in a positive impact for millions of people? If so, we may have an opportunity for you! Veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
Work under the direction of the product owner as part of an agile team
Collaborate with a cross-functional team of architects, developers and product managers to develop and deliver advanced analytics solutions
Research, articulate and propose proper usage of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics to align with business goals
Develop processes to collect and streamline varying data sources into data repositories
Transform data and analysis into informative visualizations and interactive dashboards using open-source and commercially available tools
Leverage analytical tools to create data pipelines, providing actionable insight into key business performance metrics including operational efficiency and customer acquisition
Help leverage open source and commercial artificial intelligence platforms, where possible
Help build required optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources and technologies
Implement techniques to understand and clean raw and unstructured data (data wrangling) as needed
Implement statistics, data checking, and internal controls on data reporting and quality, consistency as needed
Qualifications:
Experience in establishing and enforcing standards and practices
3 years of professional production data engineering experience
2+ years of professional production experience with AWS
2+ years of professional production experience with Apache Spark
3+ year of experience developing dashboards using data visualization tools
3+ years of experience with relational databases and SQL
3+ years of professional programming
Strong understanding of and experience with VA's use of Atlassian Tool suite preferred
Knowledge of technology across all mainstream network, operating systems, and application platforms; operational support of operating systems, Internet technologies, databases, and security applications; procedures, and regulations.
Strong analytical skills with keen attention to detail
Ability to obtain Tier 2 Background Investigation clearance
Education:
Bachelor's Degree Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, computer science or other relevant discipline
Minimum of 3 years IT experience.
Additional 3 years of relevant experience may be substituted for Bachelors’ degree