Data Layer Engineer

Prescient Edge is seeking a Data Layer Engineer to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Design and manage a modular data layer architecture that supports scalable ingestion, transformation, and serving of geospatial and structured data across containerized environments.
• Develop and optimize ETL pipelines for real-time and batch processing of mission-relevant data, ensuring integration with both ESRI and third-party analytic services.
• Implement metadata management solutions-such as tagging, schema validation, and indexing-to improve lineage tracking and facilitate governance alignment with IL4/IL5 controls.
• Manage data access enforcement mechanisms, including RBAC policies and encryption controls, consistent with NIST 800-53 Rev. 5, FedRAMP, and DoD cybersecurity mandates.
• Shall submit the Data Layer Integration & Optimization Report, detailing Kubernetes performance benchmarks related to data lake interaction, data lifecycle strategies for containerized environments, and cloud resource optimization recommendations.