Senior Data Engineer

Overview

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Senior Data Engineer hnologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

The Advanateam is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their program. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and AI platform that provides DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

• Design, build, and operate enterprise-grade Advana data pipelines supporting ingestion, transformation, movement, and storage across Unclassified/NIPR, Secret/SIPR, and Top Secret/JWICS enclaves.
• Architect scalable frameworks using Apache Airflow, Kafka, AWS Glue, Databricks, and Spark to deliver automated, fault-tolerant flows aligned with mission requirements for Combatant Commands, Joint Staff elements, and interagency partners.
• Establish medallion-architecture zones using bronze, silver, and gold tiers to govern data refinement, optimize lineage tracking, and strengthen analytics readiness; implement data quality monitoring capabilities using Great Expectations, Soda, and custom validation gates to detect drift, measure completeness, and elevate accuracy across distributed lakes.
• Apply encryption, IAM policies, role-segregated access, and cross-domain guards to maintain compliance with cybersecurity directives.
• Lead engineering of self-service connection utilities enabling standardized inbound and outbound integration patterns for mission owners.
• Direct root-cause analysis, Tier-3 support responses, performance optimization, and AoA evaluations that recommend modernization paths for cataloging, orchestration, and observability tools.
• Produce architecture diagrams, engineering guides, governance documents, and performance dashboards that quantify latency reduction, throughput increases, and platform resilience improvements; mentor multi-enclave teams and synchronize with customer-facing groups to translate operational pain points into scalable data engineering enhancements that strengthen Advana enterprise readiness.

• Technical skills:
  Amazon Web Services (AWS), Data Architecture Development, Database Architecture.
• Certifications:
  
  AWS Certified Big Data Specialty (preferred).
• Experience:
  
  10+ years of related experience.
• US Citizenship required.
• Security clearance:
  Top Secret/SCI (current and attainable).

Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

• Medical, dental, vision plans with Health Savings Accounts.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, holidays, parental, military, bereavement, jury duty.
• Short- and long-term disability, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and travel insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans.