Overview
On Site
$60+
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Skills
Sr Data Information Engineer
Job Details
Role: Sr Data Information Engineer
Location: Washington, DC
Duration: Long term
Note: Rail road or transportations domain experience needed
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned):
Responsible for the overall design of the Transportation information architecture and data model ensuring alignment with Amtrak enterprise architecture, and which meets all security and performance requirements. Focuses on enterprise-wide data and database design, consults in the solutioning process with business clients, business analysts, architects, and team members.
- Evaluate, design, implement, and maintain technical information architecture for the Transportation Operations ecosystem
- Lead creation of standard information/data model for the ecosystem including database, event, and API contracts
- Guide selection and usage of information technologies
- Perform database, event, and API modelling
- Perform advanced database and query tuning
- Verify data integrity across the system portfolio
- Review database design and recommend opportunities for enhancement
- Provide mentorship and training in the use of information technologies
- Provide technical support and guidance in the investigation, analysis, and resolution of information technology issues
- Perform research and analysis on new information technologies
- Evaluate, establish, and implement policies and procedures relating to database management, security, maintenance, and utilization
- Inform Amtrak Enterprise Information Management standards
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience in Data Management of Transportation systems required
- Rail experience highly preferred
- Bachelor s degree in Information Technology or related discipline
- 15+ years related work experience
- Excellent written, presentation and verbal communications skills
- Demonstrated experience in Information Architecture
- Demonstrated experience in Information Design, Modelling, and Implementation
- Demonstrated experience with Relational and NoSQL technologies
- Experience with streaming technologies including Kafka and Kafka Schema Registry
Preferred:
- Master s degree in engineering or computer science, or equivalent.
- Experience with Architecture frameworks including DMBOK and BIZBOK
- Broad level of understanding of information architecture standards
- Expert level of advanced database programming techniques, applications, and systems design
- Knowledge of distributed systems architecture, middleware, and design
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