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Senior Data Engineer (Enterprise Operations)

Chantilly, VA, USFull-time$120k–$228k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-09
Citizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to enable reliable, timely, and secure access to data across the enterprise for advanced analytics, AI/ML initiatives, and critical business operations.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (enterprise operations)

Builds

ETL/ELT pipelines, data storage solutions (relational databases, data lakes, warehouses), and data platforms

Domain

Aerospace/Defense + Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

SQL, Python/Java/Scala, Apache Airflow, Spark, Kafka, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), data modeling, data warehousing, database design

Preferred skills

streaming data architectures, real-time data processing, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)

Technologies

Apache Airflow, Spark, Kafka, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

Responsibilities

Design and maintain robust, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines; Architect and optimize data storage solutions; Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting; Lead efforts to improve pipeline performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency; Mentor junior data engineers; Collaborate cross-functionally to support integration of new data sources

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC