Data Engineer Senior Principal (Hybrid

Type of Requisition

Regular

Secret

Secret

None

Data Science and Data Engineering

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Big Data, Data Analytics, Data Architecture Development, Technical Solutions

None

10 + years of related experience

Yes

Own your opportunity to work with the largest government agency in the nation. Make an impact by advancing the Department of War’s mission to keep our country safe and secure.

Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments.

Iron EagleX is looking for a Data Engineer Sr. Principal to support the USASOC OTA Program who knows how hardware and software components fit together and integrate with cloud-based resources, to help us modernize a DoW client’s data architecture. We are seeking an engineer who is comfortable stepping outside of their comfort zone and learning new technologies to propel our command into the future.

This is a hybrid position, 50% remote and 50% onsite, in and around Fort Bragg, NC.

As a Senior Principal Data Engineer, you will design and deliver advanced data solutions that directly enhance warfighter readiness and decision-making. In this role, you will also provide technical leadership and mentorship to a growing, dynamic engineering team, working in close partnership with a government Project Manager to ensure mission-focused, high-impact outcomes.

• Leverage expertise in cloud-based data architectures to support mission-critical operations.
• Recommend tools and capabilities based on your research of the current environment and knowledge of various on-premises, cloud based, and hybrid resources.
• Work with the client’s migration teams to implement strategy and architecture design.
• Function as Team Lead for a small but growing team developing technical deliverables utilizing live data to create dynamic, visual dashboards based on customer direction. Work with government PM to establish sprint cadence and update status dashboards.
• This is a hybrid position, 50% remote and 50% onsite at customer location/s on or around Fort Bragg, NC.
• Quarterly travel.

• SQL Database experience
• S3/Block Storage integration
• Python scripting
• 3-5 years of experience with non-proprietary big data technologies (Presto, Hive, Spark, Flink, etc) - Presto/Trino is preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience with demonstrated strength in data lake/warehouse technical architecture, infrastructure components, and ETL/ELT pipelines
• 3-5 years of experience with workflow management engines (i.e. Airflow, AWS Step Functions, Prefect)
• Experience understanding requirements, analyzing data, discovering opportunities, addressing gaps and communicating them to multiple individuals and stakeholders.
• 3-5 years of experience in software development, infrastructure, or Cloud operations role
• Experience with multiple operating systems, including LINUX, UNIX, and Windows-based operation systems
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure
• Experience with deploying containerized microservices in Kubernetes infrastructure
• 10+ years’ experience required
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Experience with applying DoW security technical implementation guides (STIGs) and automating that process
• Experience working in defense or intelligence community cloud environments is a plus
• PowerBI Ecosystem (primarily concerned with establishing & maintaining Data Flows)
• Experience with optimizing cloud environments, including leveraging native cloud capabilities, right-sizing servers, expanding storage, and tracking cost efficiencies at the microservice level
• Experience with…