Senior Big Data Developer

Location: Washington, DC, , USA

Duration: 18 Months (onsite)

Visa Status: Only US Citizen or GC Visa

Job Description:

Work Experience:
The Data Architecture, Technology, and Analytics (DATA) section is looking for an
experienced detailed oriented Data Architect/Engineer who will be responsible for
expanding and optimizing our data and data pipeline architecture, as well as optimizing
data flow and collection for economic policy and research teams. The ideal candidate is
an experienced hands-on data modeler with working knowledge of database design and
administration, data pipeline building, and data wrangling who enjoys improving existing
data systems and/or building them from the ground up. The Data Architect/Engineer will
support our economists and technical experts and will ensure optimal data delivery architecture is designed and developed.
They must have a service mindset, be self-directed, and be comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams and systems.
The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing or even re-designing the
R&S division’s data architecture to support our next generation of data initiatives.
Technical Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related

technical field and at least 7 years of related experience; advanced degree preferred.

• Advanced working knowledge of SQL and experience working with relational database

platforms including PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySQL.

• Advanced working knowledge of Python, R, and other scripting languages used for data

engineering and analytics.

• Experience working with large-scale data systems, including distributed computing, scalable

data processing, data storage architecture, and optimization of high-volume data workloads.

• Experience designing, developing, and automating ETL/ELT workflows and data integration

pipelines.

• Experience building, optimizing, and maintaining scalable databases, data pipelines and data

processing frameworks.

• Experience with workflow orchestration and pipeline automation tools such as Apache

Airflow, Prefect, Dagster, or AWS Step Functions.

• Experience migrating workflows and data pipelines between on-premises and cloud

environments.

• Experience processing, analyzing, and integrating structured and unstructured data sources.

• Experience developing in Linux environments and using source control platforms such as

GitLab and/or GitHub.

• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and business

processes to answer business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Ability to design and communicate enterprise information architecture at conceptual, logical,

and physical levels.

• In-depth experience designing and implementing database, data lake, and enterprise data

platform solutions.

• Strong hands-on software engineering and implementation experience, including

development, testing, and deployment of data applications and services.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a strong customer service orientation.

• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.

• Understanding of time series data and related analytical and forecasting techniques.

• Experience working in a research environment and/or with economic or financial data.

• Experience with NoSQL and graph database technologies.

• Experience developing, training, deploying, and maintaining machine learning models.

• Working experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Snowflake.

• Experience implementing data warehouses utilizing Change Data Capture (CDC)

methodologies.

• Experience implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and DataOps platforms.

• Working knowledge of additional programming and scripting languages such as Java, Scala,

JavaScript, or Perl.