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The successful candidate will provide technical leadership in the design, development, implementation, and integration of enterprise data engineering capabilities supporting data interoperability, data exchange, data usage, and data sharing across complex customer environments.\nThe Data Engineer will design and develop data pipelines, APIs, data exchange services, integration services, and data interfaces that enable secure and reliable movement of data across customer systems and organizational boundaries. The position will support data-sharing initiatives with Department of Energy (DOE) partners, including IC organizations, and will work closely with government stakeholders, technical teams, mission partners, and external organizations.\nThe role will also support additional technical integration activities associated with DOE and SIPP programs, helping define and implement solutions for evolving data interface, data usage, interoperability, and data-sharing requirements. The ideal candidate will combine strong hands-on data engineering expertise with an enterprise perspective and the ability to develop practical solutions across diverse technical and organizational environments.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as a Data Engineering SME providing technical leadership and expertise across customer organizations, mission areas, and data-sharing initiatives.\nDesign, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration solutions.\nDevelop and implement APIs, data exchange services, integration services, and data interfaces supporting secure and reliable data sharing.\nDesign technical solutions that enable interoperability across disparate data sources, systems, applications, platforms, and organizational environments.\nSupport data-sharing initiatives between customer organizations and DOE partners, including Intelligence Community organizations.\nTranslate customer and mission requirements into data engineering architectures, interfaces, pipelines, integration patterns, and technical implementation plans.\nWork with government stakeholders and technical teams to define data requirements, interface specifications, exchange mechanisms, and integration approaches.\nDevelop reusable data interfaces and integration capabilities that can support multiple mission and organizational requirements.\nImplement data ingestion, transformation, normalization, validation, enrichment, and delivery processes.\nDevelop solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data environments.\nDesign and implement data services that support both operational and analytical use cases.\nSupport the integration of customer data assets with enterprise, partner, and external data environments.\nDevelop and maintain data mappings, schemas, data models, interface specifications, and transformation logic.\nImplement data quality, validation, monitoring, and error-handling capabilities within data pipelines and integration services.\nIdentify and resolve technical challenges associated with data interoperability, data access, data exchange, and data sharing.\nSupport DOE and SIPP programs with technical integration activities related to data interfaces, data usage, interoperability, and sharing requirements.\nParticipate in technical architecture, design, and engineering activities supporting SIPP and related customer initiatives.\nCollaborate with data architects, data scientists, analysts, software developers, cybersecurity personnel, and mission stakeholders to deliver integrated data solutions.\nCoordinate with external customers, DOE organizations, IC partners, and other stakeholders to establish technical integration requirements and implementation approaches.\nEvaluate existing data interfaces and integration capabilities and recommend opportunities for modernization, standardization, and optimization.\nSupport development and adoption of common data standards, exchange patterns, interface specifications, and reusable integration services.\nDevelop technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, interface control documentation, API specifications, data mappings, data flows, and implementation plans.\nSupport testing, validation, troubleshooting, and deployment of data integration capabilities across development and operational environments.\nEvaluate emerging data engineering and integration technologies and recommend solutions aligned with customer mission requirements.\nSupport Agile and iterative engineering activities, including requirements development, technical design, development, testing, deployment, and sustainment.\nEnsure data engineering solutions comply with applicable security, classification, data governance, and customer requirements.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.\n12+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, data integration, software engineering, or a related discipline; Minimum of 10 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 7 years with Ph.D.\nActive TS or Q clearance or higher is required. Ability to obtain Q/SCI.\nDemonstrated experience designing and developing enterprise data pipelines and integration solutions.\nStrong experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs, data services, or other application/data exchange interfaces.\nExperience with data ingestion, transformation, normalization, validation, and delivery.\nStrong SQL skills and experience working with relational and/or analytical databases.\nExperience with Python, Java, Scala, or other modern programming languages used for data engineering.\nExperience integrating disparate data sources, systems, applications, and platforms.\nUnderstanding of data interoperability, data exchange, data modeling, data standards, and data-sharing concepts.\nExperience developing technical interface specifications, data mappings, schemas, and integration documentation.\nExperience working with structured and unstructured data.\nDemonstrated ability to translate mission and business requirements into technical data engineering solutions.\nExperience working across multiple organizations and collaborating with government and technical stakeholders.\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and technical documentation skills.\nAbility to work independently as a technical SME while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\nPrevious experience supporting the Intelligence Community, Department of Energy, or other U.S. Government mission environments.\nExperience developing data-sharing solutions between DOE and IC organizations.\nExperience supporting SIPP programs or related customer initiatives.\nExperience with government or enterprise data interoperability frameworks and data-sharing ecosystems.\nExperience designing and implementing enterprise API gateways, data exchange services, integration platforms, or data service architectures.\nExperience with cloud-based data engineering platforms, including AWS, Azure, or other government cloud environments.\nExperience with data lake, data warehouse, data lakehouse, or distributed data architectures.\nExperience with technologies such as Apache Kafka, Spark, Databricks, Airflow, NiFi, or equivalent data engineering platforms.\nPeraton Overview\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\nTarget Salary Range\n$146,000 - $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. 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