Software Engineer, Data Engineer

Job Summary

This position requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) clearance with a Polygraph. We are seeking a detail‑oriented ETL Engineer to join our data engineering team. The ideal candidate will design, build, and maintain data pipelines and integration processes that deliver reliable, timely, and high‑quality data across the organization.

• Position Title:
  
  ETL Engineer
• Labor Category:
  Software Engineer
• Position Level: Level 2 – Expert
• Salary:
  Up to $ per year
• Core
  
  Hours:
  
  9 am – 4 pm
• Location:
  
  Herndon, VA

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines that support data warehouse, analytics, and application needs.
• Extract, transform, and load data from various sources into centralized storage solutions.
• Design and enhance search and discovery platforms across large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Perform data ingestion, ETL, and integration across enterprise and multi‑source environments.
• Optimize ETL workflows for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Conduct data validation, profiling, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data inconsistencies, pipeline failures, or performance bottlenecks.
• Build and maintain cloud‑native solutions on AWS aligned to secure and resilient architecture patterns.
• Partner with mission operators, analysts, and senior stakeholders to define requirements and deliver mission‑relevant analytics.
• Translate mission needs into technical designs, architectures, and implementation roadmaps, ensuring alignment to operational objectives.
• Deliver clear, compelling visualizations, dashboards, and executive‑level briefings that communicate analytic insights and recommendations.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, including hands‑on development, code review, and team development.
• Own delivery of analytic capabilities from concept through deployment, accreditation, and sustainment.
• Support system accreditation, data governance, and security architecture, ensuring data integrity and compliance within classified environments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 6‑8 years’s experience with Linux operating systems, including system optimization for efficient parallel processing, memory, storage, and large‑scale data processing.
• Minimum 6‑8 years’s experience in object‑oriented programming;
  Python is the preferred development language.
• Minimum 6‑8 years’s experience in commercial cloud services, preferably Amazon Web Services (C2S acceptable, or a minimum of 4‑6 years in Azure, Oracle, Google, etc.).
• Minimum 4‑6 years’s demonstrated experience with ETL on large structured and unstructured raw data sets; strong experience with Informatica, Talend, SSIS, AWS Glue, or Azure Data Factory.
• Proficiency in SQL, including complex queries and query optimization.
• 6‑8 years’s experience with the AWS platform, including EC2, RDS instance types.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and schema design.
• Hands‑on experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Power Shell.
• Familiarity with relational and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Experience using version control systems such as Git.

• Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop, Databricks).
• Experience with transformer‑based models (e.g., BERT) and modern NLP architectures.
• Background in document exploitation, e‑discovery, or large‑scale search platforms.
• Experience with multi‑modal analytics (OCR, image recognition, text + image fusion).
• Familiarity with search technologies such as Solr, Elasticsearch, Lucene.
• Experience with containerization and Dev Sec Ops  pipelines (Docker, CI/CD).
• Cloudera or similar big data certifications.
• Experience developing risk scoring, anomaly detection, or predictive analytic models.

• Competitive salary up to $240,000 per year.
• Full Vanguard 401(k) plan with 100% employer match up to 6% of salary and 100% match up to 6% for employees over 50.
• Annual phantom stock vesting over a 2‑year period.
• Medical coverage via United Health Care; dental via United Concordia; vision via VSP.
• Short‑term and long‑term disability coverage from Mutual of Omaha.
• Life insurance of $200,000.
• Employee referral bonus of $3,000 per year for each referred employee who remains employed for B4
  
  Corp.
• Seven weeks of paid time off per year, including ten federal holidays.
• Flexible work schedule with compensated time, subject to customer approval.

We are an equal opportunity employer. Eligible applicants are invited to apply for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin.