CISA - Geospatial Data Engineer in Arlington, Virginia at cFocus Software Incorporated

Geospatial Data Engineer (TS/SCI) — Infrastructure DatasetsLocation: Arlington, VA (on-site at federal facilities)
Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required
Position Type: Full-timeAbout the RolecFocus Software Incorporated is seeking a Geospatial Data Engineer to own the data backbone of a national-level infrastructure analysis capability for DHS CISA. You will acquire, validate, structure, and govern the federal telecommunications datasets that power the Government's infrastructure mapping platform — designing the data architecture that analysts and national decision-makers depend on during emergencies.Responsibilities

• Acquire, update, validate, and maintain Federal Government telecommunications usage and capacity data on at least a semi-annual basis, managed for use within the Government's infrastructure mapping platform
• Author and maintain the Infrastructure Data Structure (IDS) Design Description, including the data schema, data system architecture, data dictionary, and Data Management Plan
• Deliver dataset design and specifications for Government approval prior to any dataset updates on production systems, ensuring alignment to enterprise IT data lifecycle requirements
• Conduct dataset development and testing within designated Government IT infrastructure, including storing raw datasets and data feeds on enterprise systems
• Ensure all dataset development, data integration, validation, and testing align to enterprise data architecture, schema, and testing requirements
• Build and maintain repeatable data pipelines for ingest, transformation, validation, and quality assurance of large geospatial and telecommunications datasets
• Provide complete documentation and annotated source code for all data supporting the mapping platform, including data dictionaries and frameworks
• Integrate additional telecommunications resource data into the IDS as new sources become available
• Support analyses before, during, and after national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) events by ensuring current, validated data availability, including surge support outside normal business hours
• Prepare data holdings, documentation, and schemas for Government or successor handover during any transition period

Required Qualifications

• Active, final Top Secret/SCI clearance granted by the U.S. Government; U.S. citizenship
• Bachelor's degree with seven (7) years of specialized experience, Master's degree with five (5) years, or eleven (11) years of equivalent specialized experience
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, operating, maintaining, and repairing geospatial databases
• Expertise in data schema design, data system architecture, data formats, and data structures for large mission datasets
• Experience with ESRI enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS Enterprise data management
• Demonstrated experience managing and analyzing a full range of classified and sensitive unclassified mission-related data
• ETL / data pipeline development experience (Python strongly preferred)
• Experience producing formal data documentation: data dictionaries, design descriptions, and data management plans to Government acceptance standards
• Working knowledge of Public Switched Network (Internet, PSTN, wireless) data and analysis procedures, or demonstrated ability to rapidly master telecommunications datasets
• Availability for after-hours, weekend, and holiday surge support during NS/EP events

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with telecommunications, utility, or critical infrastructure datasets and their governance
• Experience under DHS or intelligence community data lifecycle and data governance frameworks
• Advanced SQL and enterprise geodatabase administration
• Automated data validation and quality assurance frameworks
• Experience supporting analytic platforms or common operating picture environments