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Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP)
McLean, VA, US
Source: TOMORROW HIRE careers · View original posting
- Pay
- Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000
- Proposed Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000
- Employment
- full time
Employer job description
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- 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
- Bachelor's 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
Compensation
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.
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