Data Engineer- SME
SOSi · Alabama
📍 Huntsville, AL, usvia smartrecruitersPosted 2026-07-01
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Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.
Overview
SOSi is seeking an expert Data Engineer to join our analytics team working on an innovative MLOps workload leveraging cutting-edge technologies and supporting a government customer in Huntsville, Alabama. This role will be responsible for delivering automation to key national security missions interacting with petabyte-scale data on supercomputing resources.
In this role, you will construct data analytical infrastructure, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis. You will leverage scientific techniques to transform petabyte-scale data into insightful data products to enable data-driven decisions. You will partner with Data Scientists to refactor manual workflows to produce highly automated MLOPs based workloads. You will perform using Scrumban techniques and be embedded with end users.
The team will work with technologies including:
Open source, commercial, and government software packages such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, GitLab, Atlassian Suite, Linux, and Microsoft Suite
SQL and NOSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, Wevaiate, Neo4j, and MongoDB
Microservice architecture and containerization with Docker and Kubernetes
Apache products such as Kafka, Airflow, and Spark
Leverage GitOps patterns and CI/CD with tools like GitLab, Argo, and Harness
Essential Job Duties
Build and maintain data pipelines, ETL processes, and storage systems
Design end-to-end data architectures and infrastructure
Lead teams building complex data pipelines and ML systems
Develop services and extend infrastructure to enable machine learning workflows
Integrate software components into functional data systems
Write clean, testable, maintainable code in Python and other languages
Implement CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps best practices
Create technical documentation for software systems
Collaborate across teams to share knowledge and leading practices
Top Secret Security Clearance with SCI eligibility
At least 7 years of experience as a Data Engineer/Scientist or advanced analytical role
Experience in data engineering and/or software development
Expertise with Python, GIT, YAML, Docker, and SQL
Knowledge of CI/CD and Agile methodologies
Experience developing back-end systems and services
Understanding of software design and system integration
Preferred Qualifications
Significant Experience with Petabyte scale data sets
Significant Experience with large-scale, multi-INT analytics
BS or MS in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or a quantitative field
Work Environment
Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
Fast paced, deadline-oriented environment.
May require periods of non-traditional working hours including consecutive nights or weekends (if applicable).
Working at SOSi
All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
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