Data Engineer (Mid-Level) Modeling and Simulation ...

Overview Being on the BlueHalo team means working alongside the brightest minds in technology on the toughest challenges facing our nation - not just every once in a while, but every single day. Together, we are leading the transformation of modern warfare and each BlueHalo employee plays a key role. That''s why our investment in you goes beyond a rewarding salary and benefits package. We''re committed to providing our people with the best opportunities to develop their skills, share their knowledge, and push their innovative ideas to the cutting-edge. Having fun doing it with a team that feels like family all across BlueHalo Nation is the ultimate perk. From Space and Directed Energy to Cyber and Intelligence to C4ISR and Air & Missile Defense, there is no limit to where you can take your career with us. Are you ready to launch a career at BlueHalo? BlueHalo is looking for a Data Engineer (Mid Level) to server as a key member of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Engineering team, providing data engineering expertise, while conducting research and development for artificial Intelligence and data science projects. O ur team is sought after by leadership and peers to work their most ambiguous ideas and challenges due to our high degree of out of the box thinking, willingness to try something new, and no fear of failure. Our success is driven by every member of the team government and contractors alike striving to do the best they can. We work across the entire MDA Engineering Enterprise working to strengthen and enable every element and component. This position is at Schriever, AFB. Responsibilities Roles and Responsibilities: This position provides data engineering support to enhance the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Engineering Enterprise program office looking to employ modern digital engineering and data science approaches across the lifecycle and connecting engineering, test, business, contract, and finance data of different types together. The Data Engineer works with MDA engineers to capture and understand both authoritative data and non-authoritative data, its meaning, and relation to other data and how to meaningfully use it to develop data stories that can be automated. This position will identify potential improvements to data sources themselves, collection methods, processes and supporting systems. The position participates in the development of an enterprise-wide system-of-systems engineering effort between the element weapon system program offices and the MDS system offices ensuring that the program offices are integrated and aligned working with weapon system prime contractors to deliver capability. * Analysis of engineering and program office activities to help identify ways to apply digital transformation practices. * Facilitating adoption of data engineering processes across MDA Engineering Enterprise in the Digital Engineering and Software Development DevSecOps functional areas. * Responsible for building data pipelines to pull together data from different source systems. * Works closely with data managers, systems engineers, and IT Services to understand architectural path between data sources and sinks across the organization. * Assist in making data easily accessible and optimized for organizational use. * In addition, the data engineer will assist Product and Data Owners to refine their data usage and provide organizational implementation strategy, training, and metrics. Qualifications Required Qualifications and Skills: * Degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical data intensive discipline plus 10-15 years of directly related experience. Additional relevant experience will be considered in lieu of a degree * Practical experience as a data engineer or working engineering data intensive analysis of systems who understands the needs between software engineers, data scientist, and other data workers * Experience with accessing and structuring data (SQL, Python) and production database development in a Business Unit or larger scope (Relational SQL, Non-Relational DBs) * Experiencing creating fully automated end to end Data Pipelines and tools involved (eg Airflow, NiFi) * Knowledge of Cloud technologies - experience with hybrid cloud data provisioning a plus * Knowledge of and experience in the MDA Systems engineering lifecycle processes * Software development experience across the development lifecycle * Desire to have experience documenting and standardizing processes into commonly accessible digital methods * Excellent problem-solving skills * Ability to work independently and as part of a group * Ability to effectively participate and collaborate with functionally and geographically diverse teams of engineering professionals with differing perspectives, skills, and backgrounds * Ability to effectively communicate complex ideas to non-technical stakeholders and non-agile data trained people, both in written and spoken forms * Ability to provide significant contribution in the areas of creative thinking, problem solving, analytical thinking, strategic thinking and out-of-the-box thinking * Energetic, motivated, self-starting Desired Skills: * Understanding of the MDS system implementation. Demonstrated ability to analyze complex data sets utilizing software tools. Experience in test analysis of missile defense in the areas of Link-16, Aegis, THAAD, GMD, C2BMC, AN/TPY-2, Overhead Sensors, and/or Patriot desired * Experience in evaluating system performance, enhancing system operations and data processing * Previous experience in any of the MDS element or subcomponents activities * Experience working with systems-of-systems or family-of-systems, preferably in a DoD context * Experience in the use and analysis of data for complex systems, preferable for the MDS * Ability to lead functionally and geographically dispersed teams of engineering professionals with differing perspectives, skills, and backgrounds Security Clearance Requirements: * Position requires that candidate possess, or be able to acquire an active SECRET security clearance in order to access classified information. Inability to maintain a security clearance will result in candidate being ineligible to support this position. Max salary $70,000 to $113,800 BlueHalo offers 4 weeks of PTO, comp. time, flex time, medical, dental, vision insurance, tuition reimbursement but other benefits as well. We provide employees with a comprehensive set of health care and very generous retirement benefits; one we consider superior to those offered by other companies in the industry. Leading the Transformation The BlueHalo Effect It speaks to who we are as a company, a global protective ring that shields everything we most want to safeguard, an unbroken line that ensures our customers retain the advantage in any battlespace, from high above the Earth to deep in cyberspace. It''s who we are, a halo, a protector, the light of inspired engineering keeping our Nation safe. Our vision is a world where national security is certain because technical superiority is assured. Join us and become a vital element of The BlueHalo Effect! EEO Statement BlueHalo is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable workplace accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to . Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. This option is reserved only for individuals who are requesting a reasonable workplace accommodation. It is not intended for other purposes or inquiries.

Created: 2025-09-06