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Noctua Technology is a software engineering and consulting corporation focused on data engineering, machine learning, and cloud technologies. We specialize in delivering premier quality software engineering solutions to Public Sector and Commercial customers across the US.

Location: Primarily Remote. Candidates must be based in San Diego, CA or DC Metro Area for proximity to project and client teams.

Security Clearance Requirement: Applicants must be US citizens and eligible to obtain and maintain an active Secret security clearance or above.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Collection and Processing
• Acquire, clean, and preprocess diverse datasets from various sources.
• Build required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using CSP managed services and SQL technologies
• Develop and maintain data pipelines to ensure a continuous flow of high-quality data

• Data Migrations & Optimization
• Develop data migration strategies and schemas to lead customer migrations from on-prem to cloud technologies
• Perform data migration activities
• Optimize databases and data warehouses for efficient querying and data storage

• Data Analysis and Visualization
• Perform exploratory data analysis to uncover patterns, trends, and insights.
• Create visualizations and reports to communicate findings effectively to stakeholders both internally and externally

• Collaboration and Documentation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, domain experts, and business analysts, to understand requirements and deliver integrated solutions.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for code, algorithms, and models. Ensure that the knowledge is shared and accessible within the team.

• Customer Engagement
• Act on client feedback constructively to improve services and outcomes.
• Continuously seek ways to enhance the overall customer experience.

• Continuous Learning and Innovation
• Stay updated on the latest developments in machine learning, data science, and analytics.
• Drive innovation by proposing and implementing new techniques and technologies.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding and experience with SQL and relational database concepts
• Solid understanding of database technologies, data warehouses, and ETL tools (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, Beam, Airflow, and Kafka).
• Experience with data analysis tools (eg., Jupyter, Colab, Pandas)
• Experience with data visualization tools (eg., Tableau, Looker, PowerBI, Qlik, and SuperSet)
• Previous experience developing data strategies and facilitating data migrations into production systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.
• Strong software engineering skills with an emphasis on writing clean, modular, and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaborative development workflows.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Effective communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.
• Experience with other database technologies (eg., NoSQL, Graph)
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
• Google Cloud Professional Database Engineer certification 
• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer 
• Experience with additional data processing tools and technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop).
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).