Data Engineer with Security Clearance

Job Title: Data Engineer
Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Type: Contract To Hire
Work Model: Onsite Hours: 40.0
Clearance: Secret Contact: Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products.
• Integrate and transform data from multiple Army and enterprise sources.
• Develop data models and ontology that support applications, reporting, and analysis.
• Design for data quality, lineage, security, observability, and long-term maintainability.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.
• Partner with software engineers, product designers, and customer stakeholders.
• Review technical designs, mentor engineers, and resolve complex data challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight or more years of experience building production data systems.
• Strong proficiency with Python, SQL, and modern data-engineering patterns.
• Experience designing data pipelines and products on Palantir Foundry, Army Vantage, or a comparable enterprise data platform.
• Experience with data modeling, ontology, data quality, and lineage.
• Strong software-engineering fundamentals, including testing, source control, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Experience supporting a Department of Defense customer.
• Active Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting the U.S. Army.
• Direct experience with Palantir Foundry or Army Vantage.
• Experience with PySpark or other distributed data-processing technologies.
• Familiarity with Army acquisition or program management data.
• Experience with cloud platforms, DevSecOps, and infrastructure as code.