Systems Engineer - Mid

DATA ENGINEERING TEAM DESCRIPTION

The Data Engineering team will be responsible for deploying and maintaining the Data Mesh architecture, ensuring the efficient management, accessibility, and interoperability of enterprise data across systems. The Data Engineering Team operates within the Data Services Value Stream (DSVS) while also maintaining an organizational reporting line.

Team Purpose: The Data Engineering team is at the forefront of implementing the organization's Data Mesh architecture, driving the transition to decentralized, domain-oriented data management. The Data Engineering team will work closely with data domains to identify valuable data products, collaborating with domain experts to create finished, usable data assets that align with organizational goals. This team not only ensures that data products meet quality and governance standards but also facilitates seamless access and integration across domains, supporting data discoverability and usability. By defining data ownership and establishing standards, the team enables each domain to contribute effectively to the broader Data Mesh ecosystem, creating a reliable, well-governed data infrastructure.

As part of the Data Mesh rollout, the team provides knowledge transfer and ongoing support, enabling teams to understand and adopt new data practices. The Data Engineering team manages the data governance framework, ensuring that data privacy, compliance, and access control policies are consistently applied across all data products. Additionally, the Data Engineering team oversees the data catalog, a critical tool for indexing and documenting data assets to support discovery, lineage tracking, and usage transparency. With the Data Mesh deployed in a cloud environment, the team emphasizes cloud-native governance and management practices, establishing a scalable foundation that will evolve alongside the organization's data needs, ensuring data is both a trusted asset and an adaptable resource for insights and innovation across the organization.

• The Data Engineering team possess advanced technical expertise in data governance, cloud-based data infrastructure, and data mesh architecture to ensure the successful implementation and ongoing support of the organization's decentralized data management strategy.
• Data Engineering team members are required to demonstrate proficiency in AWS services, including but not limited to Simple Storage Service (S3), Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation, and Lambda, for the development and maintenance of robust, scalable Extract Transform Load (ETL) pipelines that fulfill data domain requirements and facilitate self-service analytics.
• Data Engineering team members collaborate directly with data domain teams to design and deploy domain-specific data products, ensuring adherence to established organizational standards for schema design, data transformations, and storage solutions.
• A comprehensive understanding of data governance practices is mandatory, with responsibilities including but not limited to compliance with data privacy, access controls, and lineage requirements, as well as the management of a data catalog to enhance discoverability across all domains.
• Data Engineering team members utilize and maintain proficiency in data governance tools to automate governance workflows and uphold data integrity across distributed sources.
• Data Engineering team will also be responsible for the operations, maintenance, and support of the organization's chosen Data Mesh software, ensuring its availability and reliability.
• As custodians of the data mesh framework, Data Engineering team is required to lead organizational training initiatives for data stewards and users on data mesh principles and assist in the cultural adoption of these practices. This includes ensuring that all organizational data assets are securely governed, readily accessible, and effectively managed to support long-term analytics, insights, and innovation.

POSITION ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides analysis, design, and integration support for infrastructure systems, including cloud-based services like AWS or Azure for hosting enterprise offerings (e.g., Atlassian Suite).
• Develops and implements strategies for automating deployments using IaC tools such as Ansible, Packer, and AWS CloudFormation.
• Designs and manages cloud environments, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPCs, Lambda, IAM, and other AWS services to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability.
• Implements CI/CD pipelines and integrates with services like Bamboo to streamline workflows, accelerate software delivery, and ensure consistent configuration management across environments.
• Monitors and manages cloud infrastructure using tools like AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana to ensure high performance, availability, and uptime.
• Applies security best practices to infrastructure, including secure access controls, data encryption, and integration with AWS services to safeguard systems from unauthorized access and vulnerabilities.
• Works with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS) to scale and manage resource-intensive tasks effectively.
• Performs systems engineering studies and analyses, ensuring infrastructure systems meet business and operational requirements.
• Assesses and recommends new technologies, tools, and processes to improve system performance, security, and efficiency.
• Provides technical support for troubleshooting system issues and ensures corrective actions are taken to maintain system reliability.
• Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, and SAFe.
• Provide team specific training as needed.

SKILLS

• Follow Agile Methodology & Practices
  • Follow SAFe Agile principles and practices, including iterative development, continuous delivery, and collaboration.
  • Participate in all required SAFe ceremonies, including Program Increment (PI) Planning, Iteration Planning, Daily Standups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
  • Continuously improve development processes by embracing retrospectives and feedback from stakeholders.
  • Support and adhere to the integration of system-level architecture and design principles to ensure system interoperability.
• Responsible for
  • Agile Artifacts: Documentation of all work in Epics, Features, and Stories in JIRA.
  • User Stories: Document detailed user stories for each feature. These user stories will be maintained and updated throughout the project lifecycle as needed.
  • Product Backlog & Iteration Backlogs: Create and maintain a prioritized product backlog outlining all features and functionalities. Additionally Iteration backlogs will be developed for each iteration, detailing the specific user stories planned for completion within that timeframe.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Plan and coordinate with all teams within the Value Streams (ex. Shared Services value stream) to ensure alignment and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Foster transparency through regular progress updates and continuous communication with stakeholders.
  • Participate in System Demos and demonstrate completed work to stakeholders at the end of each iteration.
  • Collaborate with other teams across the organization to remove dependencies and resolve blockers to ensure continuous flow of work.
• Work Management & Tools
  • Use the Government-provided toolset (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) for managing work, tracking progress, and documenting deliverables.
  • Break down work into manageable features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Active Secret Clearance or higher
• 5 or more years of experience in related field

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, preferred.

TekSynap is seeking members for an Agile service contract. To meet strategic goals and operational needs, specialized Agile teams are needed to focus on Data Engineering, Data Standards, Core Services, and Enterprise Tools support. This contract is for Agile teams to advance the organization's Enterprise Services capabilities, focusing on delivering secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions that meet evolving business needs. Agile teams will be responsible for understanding complex technical and organizational requirements, then translating them into innovative, efficient solutions that align with enterprise standards and promote seamless integration across various systems. Following the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile methodology, the teams will ensure a continuous delivery model that meets rigorous standards of security, scalability, and reliability. Agile teams will bring expertise across essential domains, including data engineering and standards, software development, and enterprise tool support, ensuring comprehensive capabilities to meet the diverse technical and operational needs of the government customer.

TekSynap is a fast-growing high-tech company that understands both the pace of technology today and the need to have a comprehensive well planned information management environment. “Technology moving at the speed of thought” embodies these principles – the need to nimbly utilize the best that information technology offers to meet the business needs of our Federal Government customers.

We offer our full-time employees a competitive benefits package to include health, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans, vacation time and holidays.

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WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Location: Remote
• Remote or In-Person: Remote
• Type of environment: Office / Remote
• Noise level: Medium
• Work schedule: Schedule is an 8-hour day shift Monday – Friday.
  • Core work hours are 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. ET.
  • 8-hour shift hours for the team as a whole can be staggered between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. ET.
• Amount of Travel: Some travel may be required
  • All contractors shall be required to travel to the Facility in Clarksburg, WV to receive the PIV Card and device at the beginning of employment
  • Some occasional travel may be required for in-person meetings in Clarksburg, WV

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle, feel, touch; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is regularly required to lift up to 10 pounds. The employee is frequently required to lift up to 25 pounds; and up to 50 pounds. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE

• Active Secret Clearance Required
• Top Secret Clearance will be sponsored for applicants with a current TS clearance or for applicants with an active Secret clearance looking to upgrade to a TS clearance.
• US Citizen

OTHER INFORMATION

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

TekSynap is a drug-free workplace. We reserve the right to conduct drug testing in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. All employees and candidates may be subject to drug screening if deemed necessary to ensure a safe and compliant working environment.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. TekSynap does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as “protected status”). This nondiscrimination policy extends to all terms, conditions, and privileges of employment as well as the use of all company facilities, participation in all company-sponsored activities, and all employment actions such as promotions, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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