Data Engineer with Security Clearance

Location: Reston, VA Clearance Requirement: TS w/ SCI Eligibility Salary Range: $80,000-$230,000+ Job Description and Responsibilities: Come join the future of data-driven decision making! At Data Machines we leverage data analytics, DevSecOps, machine intelligence, and data science to engineer solutions for our Federal government, defense, and commercial sponsors to solve real-world, critical mission problems. Data Machines is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Data Engineer to join our growing Data Engineering team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their career to gain hands-on experience with modern data technologies, contribute to the development of data pipelines, and help drive data-driven decision-making across the organization. This position is full-time on site in Reston, VA.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data pipelines and ETL processes
• Work with structured and unstructured data from various sources to ingest, clean, transform, and store in appropriate formats
• Support the creation and optimization of data models in data warehouses (e.g., Postgres)
• Monitor data pipeline performance and troubleshoot issues as needed
• Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and software engineers to understand data needs
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency across all data systems
• Maintain documentation for data processes and pipelines
• Learn and adapt to new tools, technologies, and best practices in data engineering

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active TS Clearance with SCI Eligibility
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (e.g., Python)
• Familiarity with relational databases and data warehousing concepts
• Understanding of ETL concepts and tools
• Exposure to workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow, NiFi and Kafka
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Eagerness to learn and grow in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in Jupyter Notebooks, PostgreSQL
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git)

Desired Qualifications:

• Knowledge of data lake technologies and big data tools (e.g., Spark)
• Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker