In an era of dynamic change in space, Aerospace is addressing a generation of complex challenges. We operate the only federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) committed exclusively to the space enterprise. Our technical experts span every discipline of space-related science and engineering. Join our team and thrive in a career that matters to the world and you personally.

Responsibilities

The Analytics Software Department is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to help design and develop Data Engineering Platforms for our civil and national security space customers. Do you want to develop data analytics pipelines and do innovative work on the data processing frameworks and architectures with the ability to intelligently scale? Join us on the Analytics Software Department team in The Aerospace Corporation!

Key Functions

• Independently evaluates, selects, and applies engineering techniques, procedures and criteria, using judgment in making adaptations and modifications. Assignments typically have specified objectives.
• Supports multiple space systems customers.
• Develops cloud native applications and microservices for scalable and distributed software systems.
• Quickly learns new technical skills to tackle technology's greatest challenges.
• Provides recommendations on data engineering architectures and solutions based on technical performance assessments.
• Takes initiative and collaborates with others to coordinate approaches to problems that require solutions. 
• Inspires and leads customers to adopt new or different solutions and achieve desired results more efficiently and effectively. 

Qualifications

Required 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from a recognized institution
• Eight or more years of industry-related experience
• Experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, JavaScript, C++, or Python
• Present project updates to management to ensure that project development remains aligned with management's vision
• Lead projects and build data engineering platforms for customers’ data challenges 
• Experience working with data analytics tools and reporting platforms 
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational need
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.

Preferred

• Master’s degree, further education or experience in engineering, computer science or other technical related fields
• Experience in leading software development teams
• Knowledge of data analytics tools for data pipelines, cloud storages, and interactive visualization dashboards
• Knowledge of developing cloud-native applications 
• Active Secret security clearance