Senior Engineer/Analyst – San Antonio, TX/Columbia, MD

MINIMUM/GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Significant experience in telecom research and building data dictionaries based on industry standards such as IEEE and ITU-T. The data analyst will research, design, develop, and demonstrate the data research aligns with an operational telecom analysis system.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

*Identify operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements by applying principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.

*Work with software development and analyst teams on requirements and solution design.

*Use techniques including sampling, model building, and structured analysis to ensure solution is efficient, cost-effective, and financially feasible.

*Drive development and collection needs around data analytics and data modeling/engineering.

*Gather and publish data dictionaries: Maintain data models in ER/win, capture data models from existing databases, and record descriptive information into Erwin (or Visio, Excel, and/or LucidChart).

*Participate in the de-normalization of the data model, ensuring that business are implemented via an alternate mechanism (i.e. trigger, application code).

*Closely work with the App Dev team and DBA to create an appropriate conceptual, logical, and physical data model.

*Present data designs and project approaches to the DRB for review and approval and ensure all DRB artifacts are created.

*Identify business needs, organize, and define data, create, and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models; Maintain appropriate Version Control on data models.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE/CAPABILITIES:

Possess and maintain required skills to include, but not limited to:

*Telecommunications protocols, call flows, databases, and data servers

*Radio frequency and telecommunications standards, equipment, and processing techniques

*Telephony and VOIP Terminologies

*OpenStack framework

*Software Defined Networks (SDN)

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

*Applying Agile/Scrum methodologies for project delivery and quality assurance using Jira, Confluence, and similar tools.

*Applying analytical solutions and utilize Python and SQL scripting, data access tools, and MS Word to generate reports and liaise with multiple teams.

*Utilizing Python and SQL to write and execute complex queries and procedures to test algorithms based on data models for telecommunication insights.

EDUCATIONAL AND CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS:

*S. in STEM or 8-12+ years direct experience and 3+ years technical leadership

*S. in STEM or 12+ years direct experience and 3+ years technical leadership

*PhD in STEM or 5+ years direct experience and 3+ years technical leadership

*Possess a current TS/SCI clearance