Data Engineer III

ENSCO is seeking a motivated and skilled Data Scientist/Engineer to join our Machine Learning Data team within Seismic and Acoustics. This role is responsible for data engineering and organization, data science, and machine learning, with a specific focus on acoustic sensor data.

This role supports ingestion, processing, storage, labeling, and analysis of time-series acoustic data enabling machine learning, signal processing, monitoring, and operational analytics applications.

Qualifications Required

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related technical field
* 3+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or scientific data systems
* Experience working with large-scale structured and unstructured datasets
* Strong proficiency in Python for data engineering and automation
* Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
* Experience with SQL and relational/non-relational databases
* Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
* Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (Spark, Dask, Ray, etc.)
* Understanding of time-series data architectures and streaming pipelines
* Experience using version control and CI/CD practices (Git, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, etc.)
* Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Experience handling high-volume sensor, waveform, or acoustic datasets
* Familiarity with digital signal processing concepts including:
* FFTs
* spectrograms
* filtering
* sampling theory
* feature extraction
* Experience managing metadata and annotation workflows for sensor datasets

* Ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance, for which you must be a US Citizen.

Qualifications Desired

* Master's degree in a related technical field
* Experience with machine learning data pipelines and MLOps workflows
* Experience deploying real-time or near-real-time streaming systems
* Familiarity with event-driven architectures and message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, MQTT)
* Experience with HPC environments or GPU-enabled workflows
* Background in underwater acoustics, sonar, bioacoustics, seismic data, radar, or RF signal processing
* Experience with audio analytics or classification systems
* Familiarity with common acoustic data formats and standards
* Experience developing automated labeling or feature extraction workflows for acoustic signals
* Experience designing data lakes and large-scale archival systems
* Familiarity with Parquet, Zarr, HDF5, NetCDF, or similar scientific data formats
* Experience optimizing storage and retrieval performance for time-series data
* Experience implementing security controls for sensitive data environments
* Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
* Experience supporting production operational systems with high availability requirements

Required Certifications: None
US Citizenship Required: Yes
Security Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain
Employment Type: Regular Full-time
Background Check Type: 7 Year Pre-Employment
Drug Screen Required: None
Position Contingent Upon Contract Award: Yes