Data Engineer

Location: Centennial, CO
Schedule: Fulltime
Travel Required: No Travel
Remote: Not Remote
Hybrid: Yes
Clearance: TS/SCI

Grey Matters Defense Solutions is seeking a talented and dedicated Data Engineer.

Grey Matters Defense Solutions stands at the forefront of developing advanced software solutions tailored to support the mission of the U.S. warfighter. With a commitment to excellence, we foster a culture grounded in a growth mindset, empowering our team to drive progress through bold actions, integrity, collaboration, and innovation. Our employees are dedicated to these core values, and together, we create impactful, mission-critical solutions that redefine the cutting-edge of defense technology. Join us at Grey Matters Defense Solutions, where your work has purpose, and your contributions fuel the future of national security.

Must have a TS/SCI for all positions

Grey Matters Defense Solutions is seeking a talented and dedicated Mid-Level Data Engineer.

About the job:

• Data Pipeline Development: Build and maintain data pipelines that handle the ingestion, conversion, and processing of raw data into formats suitable for machine learning models.

• Metadata and Tagging Management: Implement tagging and annotation tools to enhance data used for model training, ensuring efficient metadata storage and retrieval.

• Database Management: Design and maintain databases for storing structured/unstructured data, including tags and metadata.

• Preprocessing & Automation: Automate the preprocessing of data (e.g., cleaning, normalization, augmentation) to prepare it for neural network models.

• MLops Integration: Work with machine learning engineers to implement end-to-end machine learning workflows, integrating data pipelines with model training, deployment, and monitoring processes.

• Model Deployment and Monitoring: Set up and manage infrastructure for deploying machine learning models, including maintaining inference servers and continuous integration pipelines.

• Model Versioning: Implement model version control and management systems to track experiments and ensure smooth transitions between model iterations.

Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret Security Clearance with SSBI
• Five (5) years experience in a Data Engineer role
• Experience with machine learning workflows, including data pipelines and model deployment.

• Familiarity with working with unstructured and structured data, converting them for use in machine learning models.

• Strong understanding of MLops practices, including model versioning, monitoring, and CI/CD for machine learning models.

• Experience in scaling infrastructure to handle large datasets and multiple models in production.

Skills:

• MLops Tools: Experience with MLops tools and platforms like Kubeflow, MLflow, or Seldon, including model tracking, deployment, and monitoring systems.

• Data Engineering Tools: Airflow, Bash, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, GDAL, Git, Linux, make, MongoDB, PosgreSQL, PyTorch, Ray, Spark.
• NVIDIA Ecosystem: Expertise in NVIDIA installations (CUDA, cuDNN, Drivers, NVIDIA CONTAINER TOOLKIT).

• Python: Expertise in Python (Dask, Faker, Jupyter, NumPy, pandas, pydantic, pymongo, pytest).

• Data Conversion and Processing: Experience with data conversion libraries such as Rasterio and RAY.

• Web & API Development: Experience with Traefik, FastAPI, etc.
• Data Conversion and Processing: Experience with data conversion libraries such as Rasterio and RAY
  • Distributed Computing: Experience with distributed computing frameworks such as Ray and Apache Spark
• Database Management: Strong experience with managing metadata and tagging in databases like MongoDB and PosgreSQL, with scalable storage solutions.

Salary: $130,000 - $165,000,000, + 25% SEP

Grey Matters Defense Solutions pay range is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. In addition to your base salary, Grey Matters Defense Solutions will distribute an additional 25% of your base salary into your SEP Retirement fund and an additional 12.5% into your IBA to pay for your medical insurance premiums. If you do not use Grey Matters Defense Solutions insurance, then that money will be paid out to you as a bonus. Remember, this is in addition to your base salary and bonus!

Check out our Benefits:
Grey Matters Defense Solutions offer a comprehensive benefits package including

• SEP IRA 25% in addition to your base salary and bonus
• IBA 12.5% to pay for medical insurance premiums
• PTO Six weeks (6)
• Flexible Hours
• Hybrid
• Employee assistance program

• medical - five plans to choose from
• dental - employer paid premium
• vision
• life insurance - employer paid premium
• short-term and long-term disability - employer paid premium

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Want to know more?
Grey Matters Defense Solutions is a specialized firm in software development, data analytics algorithms, and advanced remote sensing technologies, tailored to meet the complex demands of defense and intelligence sectors. Staffed by more than 60 diverse range of professionals-from senior-level experts from organizations like the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the U.S. Armed Forces, to recent graduates and military recruits-the company prides itself on a culture of diversity and inclusion. Grey Matters Defense Solutions sets itself apart with a startup-like corporate environment that values flexibility and collaboration, offering flexible schedules, hybrid work options, and frequent team events and company outings. By integrating the skills of subject matter experts, analysts, software engineers, and data scientists, Grey Matters Defense Solutions delivers unique artificial intelligence algorithms and applications, positioning itself as a leader in innovative solutions for defense and intelligence.

Join our team of exceptional developers, architects, and data scientists!