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Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.
Position Overview
Woolpert is hiring a Jr. Data Engineer / Analyst to join our dynamic Cloud Solutions and Interdisciplinary Services (CSIS) team. This position reports to the Engineering Lead and will support our Azure Government Cloud. You will play a pivotal role working with Woolpert team members and clients on developing backend program and integrations within the Azure Gov Cloud environment, with a primary emphasis on leveraging the capabilities of the database platforms. Collaborating closely with interdisciplinary teams of engineers, geospatial experts, and environmental scientists, you will ensure the availability, interoperability, integrity, and security of data solutions for government clients. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.
What You Will Do:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to elicit data requirements and architect effective data pipelines.
- Perform data transformations and cleansing operations to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
- Evolve existing scripts and notebooks to meet client needs.
- Work closely with data managers to ensure data quality with project objectives.
- Document programming efforts and processes, technical specifications, and best practices.
- Coordinate with the broader team to ensure project success.
- Submit monthly status reports on project efforts.
What You Will Bring:
- U.S. citizenship
- Active Tier 1 Investigation (National Agency Check and Inquiries NACI), or security clearance
- Willingness to undergo a background check and drug screening.
- Ability and willingness to travel and meet clients as needed, up to 1 week per year.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience (1 year)
- Python development experience required.
- Experience working with Databricks and/or Spark is a plus.
- JavaScript development experience is a plus.
- Previous exposure to data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is required.
- Experience managing and working with relational databases. PostgreSQL.
- Sound grasps of programming and database principles
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, specifically Azure Gov Cloud.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving acumen.
- Exceptional teamwork and communication skills.
- Ability to successfully pass comprehensive background checks required for government security clearance.
- Azure 900 and Security+ baseline certifications or the ability to attain within the first 6 weeks.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Practical experience with Azure Gov Cloud services.
- Familiarity with geospatial data, GIS technologies, and pertinent geospatial standards.
- Familiarity with modern data storage and processing technologies
- Experience handling sensitive data in secure government environments.
- Understanding data governance and data security best practices.
- Exposure to version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
Benefits You Will Love
Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:
- Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
- Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
- Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
- Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
- Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
- Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!
Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/
Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.
Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting your Recruiter
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
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