Data Engineer
@ ECS Tech Inc

Fairfax, Virginia, United States
$120,000
On Site
Full-time
Posted 28 days ago

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Overview

ECS Tech Inc is seeking a Data Engineer to work in our Fairfax, VA office. This role is contingent upon contract award.

About the Role

The Data Engineer will play a key role in building the next-generation Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Cyber data solution for CISA. The role involves defining data requirements, establishing data quality standards, and working closely with government partners to fulfill Data Governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure technical and performance objectives for data collection, processing, and analysis.
  • Design, document, and implement data interfaces, data quality standards, and governance processes.
  • Define and manage scalable process frameworks to meet SLAs for data quality.
  • Troubleshoot, manage knowledge, and remediate data quality issues.
  • Act as liaison between ECS engineering teams, Government, and end-users.
  • Facilitate Federal Data Governance Working Group activities.
  • Develop and maintain Interface Control Documents, Data Dictionaries, and Data Catalogs.

Qualifications

  • US citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Suitability.
  • Minimum four years of experience in large-scale data engineering delivery.
  • Minimum three years experience in analyzing and implementing data engineering solutions.
  • Knowledge of Federal Cybersecurity policies including FISMA, NIST series, and FedRAMP.
  • Experience with data dictionaries, data catalogs and data cataloging tools such as Alation and Collibra.
  • Familiarity with cyber-relevant data standards and frameworks (SCAP, STIX, OTEL, etc.).

Key skills/competency

Data Engineering, Data Quality, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, Data Analysis, SAFe, Agile, Federal, NIST, CISA

How to Get Hired at ECS Tech Inc

🎯 Tips for Getting Hired

  • Customize your resume: Tailor skills to data engineering specifics.
  • Highlight cybersecurity experience: Emphasize federal and NIST knowledge.
  • Prepare examples: Showcase successful data quality projects.
  • Practice technical queries: Demonstrate real-world problem solving.

📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review data architecture principles.
Practice SQL and Python scripting.
Study federal cybersecurity standards.
Revisit data governance tools.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a challenging data project.
How do you handle team conflicts?
Explain problem-solving under pressure.
Detail a time you learned quickly.

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