Cloud Azure Analytics Engineer- (Hybrid Remote)

  • Full-time

Company Description

Who We Are

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country’s most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile transformation, DevSecOps automation, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services – focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed “A Players” who already align with the company’s core values: Drive, Delivery Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-business culture, where successful team efforts to address customer challenges is valued and rewarded.

The Values that Define Us (R2+D2=Better Future)

Responsibility. We pull our own weight, teach others how to pull theirs, and show up whenever a member of our tribe needs support. Responsibility is about maintaining a sense of ownership, delivering on our commitments, and being mindful of our wake.

Reputation. We create balanced outcomes, communicate our intentions with honesty and clarity, and honor our commitments. Reputation is about building and maintaining trust.

Drive. We lean into the hard work of empowering a vibrant and sustainable culture, creating jobs, developing leaders, communicating clearly, making a difference, and contributing to a greater outcome. Drive is about courage and faith,

Delivery Excellence. We focus on quality over quantity and value the journey of continuous process improvement and organizational maturity. Delivery Excellence is about pride in our work and fulfillment as a result.

Better Future. A Better Future is the reward given and received for living an authentic life of service – to each other, our customers, our loved ones, and our communities. Better Future is about giving more than we take.

Job Description

Join our team of data dynamos to facilitate, define, and develop metadata management solutions in support of CDO offices in the federal space. The candidate will identify and recommend iterative improvements to manual and automated data governance processes, enterprise data standards, and large-scale data migration practices in support of legacy modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate will be well versed and experienced in optimizing cloud migrations using Azure tools and technologies.

Position duties:

  • Evaluate the current state of a Federal Client’s technical implementation and provide expert guidance on modernized technology solutions
  • Design, develop, and support the implementation of analytics and data services in an Azure environment
  • Provide guidance on the design of a new Data Architecture
  • Provide subject matter expertise in the areas of Data Warehousing and Big Data  
  • Work directly with client resources to understand and documents their data requirements

Qualifications

Required Skillset:

  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience
  • Minimum of 7 years of experience with Data warehousing methodologies and techniques.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with the Azure Data architecture in migration, methods and cloud data solutions.
  • Proven experience developing Big Data solutions in the Azure space
  • Extensive experience with the Azure Data services (Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Data Lake Analytics, HDInsight, Machine Learning, and Stream Analytics)
  • Experience in both traditional and modern data architecture and processing concepts, including relational databases, Data warehousing, big data, NoSQL, and business analytics
  • Hands on experience implementing Big Data solutions using Microsoft Data Platform and Azure Data Services
  • Proven ability to work in a client-facing role and understanding requirements, and envisioning solutions Desirable Skills
  • Experience with Azure cloud computing including big data technologies such as Azure Databricks, Hadoop, or Apache Spark
  • Experience with visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
  • Desire to obtain or utilize relevant technical certifications as part of continuous professional growth
  • Experience designing and implementing ELT data pipelines for both batch and stream data

Desired Skillset:

  • Experience with Azure cloud computing including big data technologies such as Azure Databricks cluster management.
  • Background with Data Science tools such as R, Python, and SAS is a plus
  • Experience with visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau
  • Desire to obtain or utilize relevant technical certifications as part of continuous professional growth
  • Certification in one or more of the following areas is desirable
    • AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
    • AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design
    • DP-200 Implementing an Azure Data Solution
    • DP-201 Designing an Azure Data Solution
    • Implementing DevOps on Azure platform

Additional Information

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Citizant, Inc. is a federal contractor and must comply with Executive Order 14042, which requires that federal contract employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19. This means that all employees working for Citizant must be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless an exemption on medical or religious grounds for an employee has been granted. For more information on Citizant’s policies on COVID-19 vaccinations, please contact HR@citizant.com.

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