Data Engineer – State Population Register (SPR)
VG Recruiting Agency
Yerevan | Full time
About Us
The Information Systems Agency of Armenia is supporting the creation of the Armenian e-society. In leadership with the Government and the Central Bank of Armenia, our mission is to implement key standards for how public services and digital projects should be delivered. Our guiding standard is the “Digital Architecture of Armenia,” a Government-approved approach that places interoperability, security, and high-quality service delivery as its core pillars.
Our team consists of technology and policy-making specialists from various sectors, and we work transparently, engaging both the public and private sectors to help Armenia realize its goal of becoming a truly electronic society.
About You
As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in modernizing Armenia’s State Population Register (SPR)—a nationally critical data system that underpins digital governance, interoperability, and secure service delivery.
You are a skilled and motivated data professional who can design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure data systems. You excel in a multidisciplinary environment, collaborating closely with developers, analysts, architects, and security teams. Your work will directly support the creation of accurate, interoperable citizen data and ensure high-quality population-level datasets.
You are comfortable working with modern data modelling techniques, ETL/ELT pipelines, relational and NoSQL databases, and data quality frameworks. You care deeply about accuracy, reliability, and security in data systems, and you bring a proactive, analytical, and solution-oriented mindset.
Job responsibilities
- Design and implement the full data migration strategy from the legacy SPR system to the new platform, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and integrity of all population data.
- Collaborate with the Solution Architect and Technical Lead to define the SPR data model, schema design, and transformation logic.
- Implement and monitor ETL/ELT processes, ensuring accuracy, performance, and security.
- Translate data requirements into technical specifications in partnership with Product and Business Analysts.
- Develop and maintain data validation and data quality frameworks for citizen and population data.
- Optimize data storage and access through indexing, partitioning, and query tuning.
- Support integration of analytics tools and secure data access services for authorized institutions.
- Collaborate with the ISAA IT Security team on data protection, encryption, and access control standards.
- Document data models, transformation pipelines, and integration points for ongoing governance and maintenance.
- Contribute to the adoption of best practices in data engineering and digital governance.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused role.
- Strong experience with relational and dimensional data modelling (star/snowflake), normalization/denormalization.
- Hands-on experience with SQL-based modelling and data warehouse design.
- Experience with modern transformation frameworks such as dbt or similar.
- Practical experience with PostgreSQL (or equivalent) and familiarity with NoSQL systems such as MongoDB or Redis.
- Proficiency with Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or similar languages for pipeline automation.
- Understanding of API-based data integration and data exchange standards.
- Experience with data quality frameworks and validation logic.
- Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
- Knowledge of data security practices (encryption, masking, access control, GDPR-equivalent standards).
- Experience working in government, regulated industries, or multi-stakeholder environments is an advantage.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
- Fluency in English and Armenian.
Contact information
All interested candidates are requested to submit their CV to hr@isaa.am.
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