Data Engineer
Fantom Corporation is a mission-focused organization supporting critical programs across the defense and intelligence community. We partner with our customers to deliver high-impact technical solutions while fostering a culture built on trust, expertise, and long-term career growth.
We are seeking a Data & Software Engineer to join a small, agile team developing advanced data solutions for a custom application supporting mission-critical operations. This role is focused on designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows while leveraging modern cloud technologies, distributed data processing frameworks, and AI/ML capabilities.
The ideal candidate has strong Python programming skills, experience building production-grade data pipelines, and expertise with Apache Spark, AWS cloud services, relational databases, and modern data engineering best practices.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Desired Qualification
- Experience designing and implementing Lakehouse architectures using Apache Iceberg
- Experience configuring and supporting enterprise data platform technologies, including:
- Apache Ranger
- Trino
- Apache Polaris or Unity Catalog OSS
- Apache Superset
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or AWS CloudFormation)
- Proficiency with Bash scripting for automation and operational support
- Experience tracking data lineage using OpenLineage or similar tools
- Working knowledge of Java
- Experience implementing data quality frameworks, automated testing, and validation strategies
- Experience supporting enterprise data modernization and large-scale migration initiatives
- Experience integrating AI/ML services, including OCR, NLP, speech-to-text, language detection, translation services, topic modeling, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines
- Experience processing geospatial data using technologies such as H3, PostGIS, or similar frameworks
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB
- Experience developing engineering standards, documentation, and reusable design patterns
Fantom Corp is a Software Development, Agile Cloud, Software Development, Cyber Security (Risk Management, Assessments & Authorization (A&A)), Data, AI Platform (Computer Vision Models), Podcasting Media Services, and IT Services provider. Established in 2015, Fantom Corp serves Federal customers with top-notch Cybersecurity Architects, Data Scientists/Analysts, Software Engineers/Developers, DevSecOps Engineers, Project Managers, Identity, Credential Access Management (ICAM) services , and Cloud-certified practitioners. We excel in delivering emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) with a focus on identifying trends, object detection, and classification of structured and unstructured data. Fantom Corp possesses mastery in all aspects of digital audio production. We lead in the ideation and creation of efforts for clients who want to harness the power of podcasting. We guide them in selecting the right show format for their needs and goals. As a Small Business, we possess the innovation, speed and flexibility to meet your requirements.