Software Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Akima
Location: Chantilly, VA 20152
Description:
Suvi Global Services, LLC, an Akima Company, is an Alaskan Native-owned 8(a), small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), providing expertise and tailored solutions to meet our federal clients' emerging capability needs. SUVI is seeking a Software Engineer to support our IRS customer in Chantilly, VA to develop, maintain, and enhance custom data adapters in Python as part of the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipeline. This role involves ensuring efficient and reliable data cleansing and normalization processes and enabling seamless data integration into a standard data model. To join our team of outstanding professionals, apply today!
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications:
Job ID
2025-16804
Work Type
On-Site
Company Description
Work Where it Matters
Suvi, an Akima company, is not just another federal mission services contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.
At Suvi, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.
For our shareholders, Suvi provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.
For our government customers, Suvi delivers subject matter experts, an agile management approach, and innovative technologies that accomplish customers' missions safely, securely, and efficiently.
As a Suvi employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.
Responsibilities
- Analyze, design, develop, modify, write, edit and implement software programming applications
- Analyze and define software requirements to determine specifications and standards
- Propose software solutions
- Determine the cost of new and modified systems and engages in the proposal process
- Design, develop and edit original applications, or modify third-party applications
- Test and approve applications
- Train users and write training manuals
- Design, develop and maintain custom ETL data adapters in Python
- Other responsibilities include:
- Extract data from a variety of structured and semi-structured data sources including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL databases; delimited text; and JSON
- Develop logic to cleanse, transform and normalize data into a standard data model
- Write and optimize SQL queries to extract and manipulate data efficiently
- Collaborate as part of an Agile Scrum team, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups and retrospective meetings
- Perform rigorous testing and debugging to ensure the stability and performance of data adapters
- Optimize ETL pipelines for scalability and efficiency
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation for all development work
Qualifications
- Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligiblity and ability to pass a CI polygraph
- Bachelor's Degree
- 1-3 years of experience in Python development with a focus on ETL processes
- 1-3 years of experience writing SQL queries
- Proficiency in working with relational databases, specifically MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL
- Solid understanding of data transformation, cleansing, and normalization concepts
- Familiarity with version control systems such as Git and collaborative coding practices
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment and collaborating within an Agile team
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with the Celery Python task management framework
- Familiarity with ETL tools and frameworks
- Knowledge of performance optimization techniques for Python and SQL-based systems.
- Experience with:
- AWS cloud platforms
- Scripting languages such as Bash
- Containerization technologies such as Docker
- Linux environments
- Elasticsearch for indexing and searching data
- RabbitMQ for distributed messaging
Job ID
2025-16804
Work Type
On-Site
Company Description
Work Where it Matters
Suvi, an Akima company, is not just another federal mission services contractor. As an Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), our mission and purpose extend beyond our exciting federal projects as we support our shareholder communities in Alaska.
At Suvi, the work you do every day makes a difference in the lives of our 15,000 Iupiat shareholders, a group of Alaska natives from one of the most remote and harshest environments in the United States.
For our shareholders, Suvi provides support and employment opportunities and contributes to the survival of a culture that has thrived above the Arctic Circle for more than 10,000 years.
For our government customers, Suvi delivers subject matter experts, an agile management approach, and innovative technologies that accomplish customers' missions safely, securely, and efficiently.
As a Suvi employee, you will be surrounded by a challenging, yet supportive work environment that is committed to innovation and diversity, two of our most important values. You will also have access to our comprehensive benefits and competitive pay in addition to growth opportunities and excellent retirement options.