Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP)

Location: McLean, Virginia, United States

Department: Information Technology

Workplace: on_site

Employment Type: full

Description

Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CIP

Location: McLean, VA

Clearance Required: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP)

Position Type: Full-Time, On-Site

Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000

Description

We are seeking a Data Engineer to support mission-focused work. Engineers, modernizes, and maintains scalable data architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data platform infrastructure to support high-volume analytics, data science, and AI/ML workloads. The position requires an active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP).

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end distributed data pipelines to ingest, clean, enrich, and model heterogeneous data from diverse sources.
• Design, optimize, and maintain relational, non-relational, and cloud data warehouses/lakes.
• Implement data quality validation, lineage tracking, cataloging, and security/governance controls.
• Collaborate with data scientists and software developers to productionize data models and streamline analytical queries.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience designing cloud-native data platforms in AWS
• 2+ years of experience designing scalable data lake, warehouse, and analytics solutions
• 2+ years of experience with cloud migration and modernization efforts
• 2+ years of experience with data pipelines (data acquisition, data prep, database architecture)
• Experience supporting data science, AI/ML implementations, and BI dashboards
• Experience with non-relational and semi-relational databases
• Experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured/unstructured data
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science
• Experience with team lead functions and cross-functional team collaboration
• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP) required.
• Must work on-site in McLean, VA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with PySpark and Spark ecosystems (Databricks, EMR)
• Experience evaluating data analytic/science technologies and platforms
• Experience going through A&A process or leading modifications
• Experience with cloud architecture and selecting cloud analytics architectures
• Experience with data marts, data warehouses, and complex operational data flows
• Experience with Git/GitHub, AWS deployment, scripting (Python, SQL), and API development
• AWS Architecture Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect)

Benefits

Salary

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

Proposed Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:

• 100% Company-Paid Health Insurance: Full coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents (United Healthcare and Guardian).
• Protection Plans: Employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) Retirement Contribution: 15% of base salary contributed by the company, fully vested from day one.
• Paid Time Off: 200 hours of PTO annually (accrued), in addition to 11 federal holidays.
• Bonuses: Recruitment and business development bonus opportunities based on performance and company growth.