Senior Data Engineer - Active TS / SCI with FSP

Location :  Herndon / Chantilly, VA

Clearance Required :  TS / SCI with Full Scope Polygraph (FSP)

Position Type :  Full-Time, On-Site

Salary Range :  $180,000 – $220,000

We are seeking a highly skilled  Senior Data Engineer  to support the design, development, and optimization of mission-critical data engineering solutions for a federal program. This position requires extensive experience in the full data lifecycle, including data movement, ingestion, transformation, and modeling in both on-prem and cloud-based environments. The ideal candidate will bring a strong command of ETL pipelines, data formatting tools, and modern data engineering frameworks to support advanced analytics and mission-driven insights.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Develop scalable tools, services, and code to execute complex data engineering tasks involving structured and unstructured data.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust ETL pipelines using technologies such as Spark, Apache NiFi, Apache Iceberg, and Trino.
• Ingest and transform data for enterprise-level storage and exploration, ensuring format standardization and compliance with mission objectives.
• Collaborate with data scientists and mission partners to understand source data and define transformations supporting operational outcomes.
• Clean, preprocess, and condition data to support downstream analytics, ensuring data quality, integrity, and lineage (pedigree / provenance).
• Build services for one-time and recurring data extractions and conversions across local and enterprise repositories.
• Support cloud-based processing using AWS EMR and Kubernetes, and contribute to OpenSearch integrations.
• Produce comprehensive documentation including ETL mappings, code usage guidelines, and system access protocols.
• Coordinate with engineering teams and data stewards to integrate and operationalize new data processing platforms.
• Participate in Agile development processes and data governance working groups to enhance enterprise data standards and practices.

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Salary :

Salary for this position is determined based on factors such as location, qualifications, experience, and contract-specific budget considerations.

Proposed Salary Range :  $180,000 – $220,000

Benefits :

Our client offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including :