Data Engineer

Base-2 Solutions supports USSOUTHCOM J26 ENHANCED DOMAIN AWARENESS and is hiring a Data Engineer to build and improve data integration and visualization capabilities for geospatial and structured data. This is an on-site role in Doral, FL (Shift: First), requiring an Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.

What you’ll do

You’ll develop and optimize pipelines and services that help teams deliver research-ready data experiences, including APIs, data lake integrations, and front-end interfaces designed for geospatial visualization and retrieval.

• Develop, maintain, and optimize data integration pipelines, API services, and front-end interfaces for geospatial and structured data visualization.
• Work with data lake platforms including Databricks, Kubernetes, and ESRI ArcGIS environments.
• Build scalable, secure web applications with metadata-driven search and retrieval features.
• Integrate APIs to enable seamless data interoperability across systems.
• Develop and deploy full-stack applications for data visualization, dashboarding, and analytics within ESRI-based GIS platforms, Unity Catalog, and cloud-based databases.
• Implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support data retrieval and integration between the Data Lake, ESRI ArcGIS, and external sources.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments in Kubernetes, and API authentication mechanisms to ensure secure access to research products.
• Optimize database queries and indexing strategies for large-scale geospatial and structured datasets.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field OR minimum 5 years of equivalent experience in full-stack development and data engineering.
• Demonstrated experience building and deploying full-stack applications for data visualization, dashboarding, and analytics within ESRI-based GIS platforms, Unity Catalog, and cloud-based databases.
• Experience implementing RESTful and GraphQL APIs for data retrieval and integration.
• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments in Kubernetes, and API authentication mechanisms.
• Experience optimizing database queries and indexing strategies for large-scale geospatial and structured datasets.

Preferred qualifications

• AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate.
• ESRI ArcGIS Developer Certification.

Technologies you’ll work with

Databricks, Kubernetes, ESRI ArcGIS, Unity Catalog, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, CI/CD, web applications, AWS, Microsoft Azure.

Benefits

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity.
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Multiple medical plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability, long-term disability, and AD&D.
• Life insurance up to $200,000 with company-paid premiums.
• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total). Pre-tax and Roth options available.
• Up to 20 days of flexible PTO and 11 paid floating holidays.
• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).

Requisition ID: 5441

Location / Work Type: Doral, FL (On-Site)

Security clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI

U.S. citizenship required: Yes