Data Engineer – Databricks
Listed on 2026-09-08
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IT/Tech
Database Administrator, Data Engineering
Who Are We?
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator and solution provider, resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace?
Join us, where we'll make a greater impact together.
Groundswell is hiring an experienced Data Engineer to join our team supporting the Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). This customer-facing role combines data engineering and database administration across MariaDB, SQL Server, and Databricks environments.
Responsibilities:- Design and implement scalable Databricks solutions and ETL/ELT pipelines.
- Apply Databricks development standards and data engineering best practices.
- Administer and monitor enterprise MariaDB and SQL Server environments.
- Design databases, schemas, tables, views, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
- Perform database configuration, backup, restoration, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.
- Optimize SQL queries, indexes, database objects, pipelines, and server performance.
- Configure and support availability groups, mirroring, clusters, encryption, and reporting servers.
- Apply best practices for data modeling, relational database design, data warehousing, data quality, and lineage.
- Implement database security, auditing, user access, roles, permissions, and domain-level accounts.
- Troubleshoot complex database, application, and data pipeline issues.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, infrastructure, network, application, development, and vendor teams.
- Translate business and technical requirements into secure, scalable data solutions.
- Deliver technical demonstrations and training and support proposal efforts.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, database administration, or database development.
- Demonstrated hands‑on Databricks experience.
- Experience administering SQL Server and/or MariaDB enterprise databases.
- Advanced SQL skills, including developing and optimizing queries, stored procedures, functions, triggers, tables, and views.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, or Scala.
- Experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines using tools such as Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, or similar technologies.
- Experience with database performance tuning, backup and restoration, disaster recovery, security, and access management.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading or providing technical direction to engineering teams.
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust per contract requirements.
- Experience with both SQL Server and MariaDB.
- Experience with AWS services and cloud architecture.
- Experience with medallion data architecture, including Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum layers.
- Experience with Micro Strategy and/or Tableau.
- Experience with LLM data requirements, vector databases, or AI model deployment.
- Current or previously held federal Public Trust.
- Previous experience supporting DOT or related federal systems.
Certification:
Why You'll Never Want to Leave:
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible Spending Account
- 4% 401K Match (immediate vesting)
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition reimbursement, certification programs, and professional development
- Flexible work schedule
- On‑site gym and childcare option
The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.
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