Position Summary
We are seeking a Data Integration Engineer to support data engineering, system integration, and analytics efforts for DISN network topology and operational data. This role focuses on building and maintaining data pipelines, integrating distributed data sources, supporting Kafka and Elastic platform workflows, and enabling advanced data correlation and visualization.
The ideal candidate will have experience in software or data engineering, ETL pipeline development, Kafka or Elastic integrations, Kibana dashboarding, and Agile team collaboration. This position supports a DoD mission environment and requires strong technical documentation, communication, and security compliance awareness.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Support the integration, enrichment, and correlation of DISN network topology data for advanced analytics and operational insight.
- Develop, test, and deploy data pipelines and integration solutions across distributed systems and cloud environments.
- Build and maintain solutions using Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, and related technologies.
- Gather requirements and collaborate with stakeholders to design data enrichment pipelines.
- Integrate diverse data sources into Confluent Kafka and Elastic platforms.
- Develop and maintain Kibana visualizations, dashboards, and analytics views.
- Support Kafka integrations between Elasticsearch, Logstash, and other systems.
- Participate in technical discussions with internal teams, external stakeholders, and mission partners.
- Work within Agile/Scrum teams to support sprint deliverables, peer collaboration, and project objectives.
- Communicate effectively with geographically distributed team members.
- Troubleshoot installation, infrastructure, integration, and system issues.
- Identify, report, and help mitigate technical risks.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, including DoD requirements, interface documents, security artifacts, and system engineering documentation.
- Ensure solutions align with DoD security standards, guidelines, and platform sustainment requirements.
- Support operational reliability by helping resolve platform and integration challenges.