Geospatial Data Engineer (TS/SCI) — Infrastructure Datasets
Location: Arlington, VA (on-site at federal facilities) Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required Position Type: Full-time
About the Role
cFocus 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