Data Engineer

Job Description

War Collar is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Data Engineer to join our team in Herndon, VA. The Data Engineer will leverage their expertise with Python to support the customer’s data pipelines and related applications, from collection to ingestion, and ensure the integrity and security of data systems. You will play a critical role in delivering relevant and actionable cyber data to the right customers in a format that is normalized and actionable by cyber analysts and data scientists.

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain resilient data pipelines using Python, with a focus on data collection, ingestion, ETL, and analytics
• Develop and support complex data solutions, including data transformation, validation, and quality controls
• Integrate data from a variety of internal and external sources, including REST APIs, flat files, and structured/semi‑structured formats
• Ensure data is available, accessible, reliable, and securely handled to meet stakeholder and operational needs
• Test, troubleshoot, and validate data movement, parsing, and transformation code across development and production environments
• Provide platform and production support, including debugging, root cause analysis, issue resolution, and ongoing maintenance
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver data products and help end users understand and effectively use analytics environments

• High School Diploma and 5+ years’ experience with software development in Python
• Experience with data engineering
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, ETL processes, and ingestion workflows
• Experience with Git/Git Hub or similar version control systems
• Experience with common data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, and other structured or semi‑structured data
• Experience working with Bash, Linux, and command‑line tools in a development or production environment

• TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph is required

War Collar Industries, LLC is a veteran‑owned small business. We maintain a team of cybersecurity experts committed to protecting complicated data and distribution systems and providing decision‑makers with the most accurate assessment of residual risk possible. We work with our clients to solve the toughest challenges in the ever‑evolving digital landscape. Services include network defense, computer network attack, secure network design, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.

War Collar enables its clients to find, fix, stop, and ultimately solve cybersecurity problems across their entire enterprise.

War Collar offers generous benefits including:
Medical insurance premium coverage; PTO based on billable hours; federal holidays plus your birthday; matching 401(k), education reimbursement plus paid training days; performance bonuses; referral bonuses; government shutdown protection; monthly team building events plus two major social events annually.

War Collar Industries, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. War Collar does not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, status as a protected military veteran, or other non‑merit factor.