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Senior Data Engineer

Chantilly, VAFull-time$130k2026-08-24 → 2026-11-10
Based in United StatesSecurity clearance required

Core

Design, build, and optimize robust data pipelines, data warehouses, and streaming solutions for the defense and intelligence communities.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (multi-cloud, security-focused)

Builds

Batch and real-time streaming data ingestion pipelines, enterprise data warehouses, containerized data microservices

Domain

Defense and intelligence / Multi-cloud data engineering

Required skills

PySpark, Apache Airflow, Kafka, dbt, MPP databases, Kimball dimensional modeling, Data Vault 2.0, Python, SQL, Scala, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm charts, AWS GovCloud, Azure, CI/CD security scanning

Preferred skills

AWS Certified Data Engineer, Databricks Certified Data Engineer, CKA, fine-grained access control (ABAC/RBAC) implementation

Technologies

Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS GovCloud, Azure

Responsibilities

Design and implement batch and real-time streaming data ingestion pipelines; Model and build performant data structures within enterprise data warehouses; Deploy and manage containerized data microservices; Integrate automated security scanning and credential management tools into CI/CD pipelines; Mentor junior data engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC