Federal Data Engineer

Who You'll Work With

At Slalom Federal, we co-create custom software, data, and cloud-native products for our Federal clients who are on a digital transformation and modernization journey. We're a group of passionate, trusted advisors building strategies, solutions, and creative problem-solving to help our partners achieve their missions and create better outcomes for everyone served by the Federal government.

We use modern tools and techniques to build scalable and secure products that handle our clients' most innovative and strategic work. We follow Agile practices when building software that uses modern frameworks, and our cross-functional delivery teams are committed to the craft of collaboratively building high-quality and sustainable software products rooted in human-centered design principles.

We build full-stack solutions across a range of established and emerging technologies and techniques according to the needs of our clients, including:

• Front-end applications using modern frameworks with responsiveness and accessibility baked in, e.g. React, Angular, and Vue using the United States Web Design System.
• APIs and back-end services built using modern frameworks and architectural patterns, with an emphasis on Java Spring Boot and Node-based microservices.
• Operational efficiencies leveraging modern ecosystems and automated build and deployment pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code with an emphasis on Terraform
• Collaborative build practices that allow our teams to be agile and responsive to our clients' needs.

What You'll Do

You will focus on injecting intelligence into products and engineering systems that support learning and insight and creating innovative data products. We help customers build world-class products through effective use of streaming/real-time data solutions, modern data platforms, and data systems within products (e.g. database systems, graph databases, key-value stores, document databases, and transactional systems), as well as data visualization, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Specifically, you will:

• Design and deliver solutions on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform using core cloud data warehouse tools, distributed processing engines, event streaming platforms, and other modern data-related technologies.
• Collaborate with other engineering capabilities to iteratively develop, validate, and operate software at scale using agile techniques.
• Participate in design sessions, be experienced at breaking down complex development tasks, and be responsible for the timely and quality completion of development items assigned to you.

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and development techniques using Java or Python.
• Demonstrated experience using any of the following tools and technologies in a production environment:
  • Big Data Platforms (Apache Spark, Presto, Amazon EMR)
  • Cloud Data Warehouses (Amazon Redshift, Snowflake, Google BigQuery)
  • NoSQL Databases (DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, MongoDB)
  • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (Amazon Sagemaker, Azure ML Studio)
  • Streaming Data Ingestion and Analytics (Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka)
  • Visual Analytics (Tableau, PowerBI)
  • Modern Data Workflows (Apache Airflow, dbt, Dagster).
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and communicate proactively, ability to listen with humility, and observe the needs of your client in order to best apply your understanding and experience.
• Demonstrated experience of delivery best practices using Agile methodologies
• An innate curiosity and desire to learn and grow yourself and others.
• An attention to detail and pride in your work.
• A Bachelor's Degree in any discipline.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Federal Security Clearance at the Public Trust level, that contractually requires US citizenship.

About Us

Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and business transformation. In 40 markets around the world, Slalom'steams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right. They are backed byregional innovation hubs, a global culture of collaboration, and partnerships with the world's top technology providers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 9,000 employees. Slalom has been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For five years running and is regularly recognized byemployees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include: meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer additional benefits such as a yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being related expenses as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veterans status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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