Geospatial Data Engineer (SOUTHCOM)

Celestar Corporation

$95K — $115K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience (5 years)
  • Experience in full-stack development and data engineering
  • Expertise in ESRI-based GIS platforms and cloud databases
  • Knowledge of containerized deployments in Kubernetes
  • Familiarity with metadata management and data visualization techniques

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain data integration pipelines and API services
  • Create front-end interfaces for geospatial data access and visualization
  • Build scalable web applications with secure features
  • Implement metadata-driven search and retrieval capabilities
  • Integrate APIs for seamless data connectivity

Benefits

  • Three medical plan options, including Health Savings Account
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Life, disability, and critical illness insurance
  • Paid time off and training/certification sponsorship
  • Pet insurance and commuter transit benefits
  • Free subscription to a virtual exercise platform
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Employee Cares program and formal mentorship opportunities
  • Cross-training and job shadowing options
  • Employee Assistance Program with various support resources
  • Monthly team-building events and wellness challenges
  • Community engagement initiatives and charitable contributions
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Geospatial Data Engineer

Job Summary

B&A is looking for a Geospatial Data Engineer in support of an important mission. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a great team while supporting SOUTHCOM.

Responsibilities
  • Proposed personnel possess the knowledge and capability to develop, maintain, and optimize data integration pipelines, API services, and front-end interfaces for accessing and visualizing geospatial and structured data.
  • Personnel must be proficient in Data Lakes platforms such as Databricks, Kubernetes, ESRI ArcGIS environments, and cloud-based data engineering.
  • Expertise in building scalable, secure web applications, implementing metadata-driven search and retrieval features, and integrating APIs for seamless data

Education and Experience
  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Engineering, or a related field -OR- A minimum of 5 years of equivalent experience in full-stack development and data engineering.

Required Skills
  • Must have demonstrated experience in developing and deploying full-stack applications that enable data visualization, dashboarding, and analytics within ESRI-based GIS platforms, Unity Catalog, and cloud-based databases.
  • Implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs for seamless data retrieval and integration between Data Lake, ESRI ArcGIS, and external sources.
  • Managing CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments in Kubernetes, and API authentication mechanisms to ensure secure access to research products.
  • Optimizing database queries and indexing strategies for large-scale geospatial and structured datasets.

Desired Skills
  • AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate, or ESRI ArcGIS Developer Certification.

Security Clearance
  • TS/SCI

Benefits and Programs

B&A is proud to offer three robust individual and family medical plans to full time employees, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option as well as two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance. In addition to these benefits, B&A employees enjoy paid time off, B&A sponsored trainings and certifications, pet insurance benefits, commuter transit benefits and a free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU). B&A's 401(k) plan is available to all employees and includes a company matching contribution.

B&A has launched several programs to focus on employee engagement, wellness, and assistance. These include:
  • The B&A Cares program: 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, and more
  • A formal mentorship program
  • Job shadowing and cross training opportunities
  • Brand Ambassador program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more
  • Monthly teambuilding events
  • B&A Annual Wellness Challenges: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more

At B&A, we place significant importance on improving the communities and lives of citizens across the nation through our involvement, technology expertise, and employees. B&A puts an emphasis on charitable efforts in the Northern Virginia area, including Capital Area Food Bank pantry drives, book donations, Hope for Henry Foundation events, and many more. In recognition of all these efforts, B&A has been named a Companies as Responsive Employers (CARE) award recipient by Northern Virginia Family Services and nominated by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Corporate Citizenship Award.

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