Data Engineer Analyst

Location: McLean, VA

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with polygraph

People Centered. Data Driven

Elder Research Inc. is a data science consulting firm specialized in providing analytic solutions to clients in commercial and government industries. Providing analytic solutions to hundreds of companies across numerous industries, our team enjoys a great variety in the type of work they do and exposure to a wide range of techniques and tools.

We are trusted advisors to our clients, building lasting relationships and partnering as preferred analytics providers. We use a variety of programming languages and tools to create analytic solutions, often fitting within our clients’ environment and needs.

Join our team and find great opportunities to hone your analytic skills, work on complex problems with amazing teammates, and gain valuable analytics consulting experience.

Summary of Position:

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer to join our team! This is a unique opportunity to work on an exciting project that is very rewarding. In this role, you will provide onsite ETL development support for a geospatial visualization platform. The subcontractor shall monitor and maintain the flow of data into the customer’s PostgreSQL database in addition to developing custom ETL solutions.

Job Specifications/Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, International Relations, Mathematics, Statistics, Political Science, or related field.
2. Experience programmatically manipulating data.
3. Experience with seamless data integration with all aspects of the application
4. Experience working with Apache NiFi to develop new ETL flows.
5. PostgreSQL and SQL experience
6. Knowledge of ETL concepts and best practices
7. Experience working with geospatial data.
8. Ability to work closely with team members to gather data requirements.

About Elder Research, Inc

Elder Research is a fast-growing consulting firm specializing in predictive analytics. Being in the data mining business over 20 years, we pride ourselves in our ability to find creative, cutting-edge solutions to real-world problems. We work hard to provide the best value to our clients and allow each person to contribute their ideas and put their skills to use immediately.

Our team members are passionate, curious, life-long learners. We value humility, servant-leadership, teamwork, and integrity. We seek to serve our clients and our teammates to the best of our abilities. In keeping with our entrepreneurial spirit, we want candidates who are self-motivated with an innate curiosity and strong team work.

Elder Research believes in continuous learning; each week the entire company attends a “Tech Talk” followed by an office lunch. Elder Research provides a supportive work environment with established parental, bereavement, and PTO policies. By prioritizing a healthy work-life balance - with reasonable hours, solid pay, low travel, and extremely flexible time off - Elder Research enables and encourages its employees to serve others.

Elder Research, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Elder Research is a Government contractor and our positions require US Citizenship.