Data Engineer
Laurel, MD

Job Description

Introduction:

Are you passionate about providing real impact to the country's toughest national security problems?

Are you searching for engaging work with an employer that prioritizes continual innovation?

Our team is looking to provide our nation with ground-breaking capabilities that bridge the gaps between data, real-world people and events and the prediction of events of national importance.

To succeed, we need talented engineers, scientists, and developers! We are looking for individuals with curiosity and a drive for learning!

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), a national leader in scientific research and development, is located midway between Baltimore and Washington, DC.

Job Summary:

The CWMD Analytic Systems Group of the Asymmetric Operations Sector is looking for a Data Engineer to expand and optimize data flow and collection for cross functional teams. This may involve:

* Identifying, extracting, and maintaining data to help address critical sponsor needs
* Collaborating with Laboratory staff, for-profit contractors, and sponsor teams to address critical sponsor needs
* Effectively communicating results with non-expert audiences and generating innovative ideas to benefit the country

Duties (Listed in order of importance with the estimated amount of time spent at each task):

1. Identify rich data sets to help address difficult, complex data analysis problems for our sponsors (30%)

2. Build and maintain infrastructure to optimally extract actionable insights from data sets spanning a wide variety of sources (30%)

3. Create analytics tools to support data science teams (20%)

4. Recognize, design, and implement internal process improvements (10%)

5. Share knowledge by clearly articulating ideas through papers and presentations to technical staff, management and government decision makers (10%)

Note: This job summary and listing of duties is for the purpose of describing the position and its essential functions at time of hire and may change over time.

Required Qualifications:

BS or BA in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related fields; strong problem solving skills; fluent, hands-on experience with some of the following implementation languages: Python, R, or JAVA; experience with relational databases; experience with unstructured text mining, natural language processing, and RESTful APIs; foundational knowledge of parallelization; ability to work independently or within a group; excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong analytical and organizational skills; demonstrated initiative; ability to work on, and set priorities for, multiple, dynamic projects to react to changing national security requirements.

Desired Qualifications:

MS or MA in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related fields; proven track record in building, optimizing, and maintaining data pipelines, architectures, and data sets for supporting interdisciplinary problems; familiarity with ontologies, supervised and unsupervised techniques, and statistical analysis; experience with big data tools: Spark, Kafka, etc.; experience with stream-processing systems: Storm; experience with AWS cloud services.

Special Working Conditions: Some limited travel (up to 10%) to customer sites may be required. Occasional weekend and other after-hours work required to handle and/or complete critical project/work-related business needs.

Security: Applicant selected will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Benefits: APL offers a comprehensive benefits package including a liberal vacation plan, a matching retirement program, significant educational assistance, a scholarship tuition program for staff with dependents, and competitive salaries commensurate with skills and experience. For more information about our organization, please visit our web site at www.jhuapl.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that complies with Title IX of the Education Amendments Acts of 1972, as well as other applicable laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.