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Data Engineer

United States - Remote · Virginia, United States

About Armaments Research Company   

 
Armaments Research Company (ARC) is a startup dedicated to bringing real time situational awareness and battlefield logistics capabilities to both the DoD and law enforcement personnel. You will be an integral part of the ARC team, and will be creating innovative and powerful IoT devices that feed data to the ARC technology stack. Our core offering is an embedded device designed in-house that pushes real time data to the cloud and back down to tactical users on a mobile android device. The information our device provides enables battlefield/tactical awareness that does not exist today. ARC technologies were initially developed in support of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) and leverage internet-of-things (IoT) technology and machine learning (ML) to develop actionable insights and transform security responses. 
 
ARC’s core technology gathers data related to key weapon platform outputs which requires a suite of sensors that are transparent to the end user. The ARC products enable aggregated insights over big data sets that will be used to save lives on the frontline. This novel technology is deployed at scale on US Military and Law Enforcement weapons to enhance safety, decision making, and transparency for ground personnel.

What You'll Do

This Data Engineer will join our growing Data Science Team.  Our data processing pipeline is implemented using AWS services and Apache Spark to post-process file-based and streaming inputs.  The data science utilities development platform is Python-based, using boto3 to access data, with numpy and Pandas-based data manipulation tools to access and leverage the data for R&D purposes.  You will collaborate with multiple engineering teams to ensure viability of data solutions with data science, software engineers, devops, QA, and systems engineers.  You will participate in data processing architecture design discussions and documentation.  You'll have the opportunity to develop and implement scalable data processing capabilities, ingress and egress data storage and retrieval interfaces.  You'll develop and maintain observability features that allow real-time insights into data processing status and automated unit and integration tests to minimize regressions and accelerate the software release process 

This role is a great opportunity for a growing data engineer to get hands-on experience with scaling from basic data warehousing problems to building and maintaining large-scale datalake ecosystems with complex system requirements. 

Role Responsibilities - How You Will Make an Impact

Design & Optimize Data Pipelines: 

  • Develop, enhance, and refactor scalable ETL pipelines to handle large-scale IoT data. 
  • Optimize existing Apache Spark workflows for increased performance and reliability. 

AWS Infrastructure Management: 

  • Manage and expand our AWS-based infrastructure (S3, EC2, Lambda, EMR, etc.) to support data storage, processing, and orchestration. 
  • Ensure cost-efficient resource utilization and scalability in the cloud environment.

Collaboration & Deployment: 

  • Act as primary liaison between software architects and data science team, refining solution designs to be “necessary and sufficient” with respect to both needs and constraints.  
  • Work closely with data scientists and ML engineers to integrate and deploy machine learning solutions into production. 
  • Implement CI/CD best practices for data pipelines and support rapid iteration cycles. 

Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting: 

  • Establish robust monitoring systems for data pipelines and cloud services.
  • Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks and system issues proactively. 

Data Quality & Security: 

  • Enforce data governance, quality checks, and security protocols across the data lifecycle.
  • Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. 

Innovation & Process Improvement: 

  • Stay abreast of emerging technologies and recommend improvements to scale and streamline our data architecture. 
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of best practices for data engineering. 
  • Deploy software using contemporary DevOps practices including multi-cloud, multi-tenant, and hybrid strategies.
  • Safely operate firearms platforms under supervision from trained and licensed range officers and qualified ARC personnel.  Prior experience with firearms is not required.
  • This position may require travel up to 10% of the time in support of in-person events including system testing. 

Relevant Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience as a data engineer 
  • Proven experience with Apache Spark and the Python data science ecosystem
  • Demonstrated expertise in building and scaling data pipelines in a cloud environment, preferably AWS
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and big data processing
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, agile environment
  • Strong communication skills and a proactive attitude toward learning and innovation
  • Experience working in a start-up environment
  • Experience working for DoD or government contractor
  • Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance
  • Familiarity with IoT data ingestion and machine learning workflows is a plus

This position will require access to restricted information and facilities protected under U.S. laws and regulations, including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM). Please note that any offer for employment will be conditioned on any required authorization to receive access to such restricted information and facilities necessary to perform the responsibilities of the position.  

Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. Citizenship to meet federal government security screening requirements required for this role. The successful candidate must be a U.S. Citizen and otherwise eligible to obtain access to classified information and facilities necessary to perform the responsibilities of the position.  

What We Offer:

Equity Options
401k plan
Employer paid employee medical, dental and vision

12 paid holidays plus Flexible PTO Policy 

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