Data Engineer

540 is looking for a Data Engineer to develop a data transformation and workflow solution for an impactful part of the U.S. Army. You will deploy and operate a replacement for a legacy financial system to the cloud, and innovate new cloud-first solutions for the U.S. Army’s data management ecosystem. You will be responsible for the data pipeline cloud components, security, governance, and overall successful delivery of working software. You will work with multiple teams on problems that require architectural thinking and programming skills to design the system. 

Location: Remote within the continental United States, East Coast working hours with some flexibility afforded. Occasional travel may be required (3-4x annually)
Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per client requirements, must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related engineering field (preferred)
540 Internal Thrive Level: Software Engineer II or III

WHY 540?

540 is a forward-thinking company that the government turns to in order to #GetShitDone. We do more than talk about it, we break down barriers to innovation and build impactful tech. We’re looking for someone with big ideas, who thrives on innovation and is a self-starter. If you love to learn about and work with new technologies, we want to talk to you.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• 2+ years of related experience
• Well-versed in Python
• Experience with the following:
• Building and managing data pipelines 
• Consuming data via APIs
• GitLab
• Working via the terminal / command line
• Jira and Confluence
• AWS cloud services
• AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, AWS S3, Cloudwatch Logs
• Pytest and testing best practices
• Variety of file formats (x12, json, flat, fixed width)
• Maintaining data pipelines with tables containing over a billion rows / records
• Working with DoD systems and data

• Ability to discern file and json format requirements from vague contexts
• Currently possesses or able to obtain in 30 days the following certifications:
• AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification (or higher) 
• CompTIA Security+ certification (or higher) 

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Health, dental and vision insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401k with employer match
• Company Sponsored Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability coverage
• Flexible PTO + all Federal holidays off
• Professional development opportunities (training, certifications, conferences)
• Paid cloud developer accounts
• Referral Bonus - good people know good people
• HQ Office Perks (parking / metro reimbursement, nitro coffee & lunches)
• Annual Social Events (540 week, hackathon, charity golf tournament, etc.)
• Access to 540’s Washington Capitals & Nationals tickets

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)

540's policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.