Backend Data Engineer

Zachary Piper Solutions; Norfolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Plan

Holidays

PTO and sick leave as required by law

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Backend Data Engineer to support the US Navy in Norfolk, VA. This 100% onsite role focuses on backend data engineering, ETL, and data infrastructure for enterprise reporting.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines, integrating legacy systems, and enabling Power BI reporting in DoD environments. A Secret clearance is required to work on sensitive Navy data assets.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years hands-on data engineering experience.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• IAT Level II certification.
• Hands-on with data pipelines and ETL/integration.
• Strong SQL/database experience and data transformation.
• Experience supporting Power BI or enterprise reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data pipelines for Navy/DoD.
• Use Azure Data Factory to build connections between systems.
• Ingest, transform, and prepare data for reporting and analytics.
• Develop and optimize SQL queries and data repositories.
• Move data between platforms and troubleshoot pipeline issues.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on data requirements and reporting needs.
• Create data solutions feeding Power BI and BI tools.
• Document data flows, architectures, and dependencies.
• Support modern cloud and legacy data environments.
• Work with front-end/BI-focused engineer to ensure reporting needs.

Skills

Data pipelines

ETL development

SQL databases

Data transformation

Power BI support

Tools

Azure Data Factory (ADF)

SSIS

Python

PowerShell

XML

Splunk

Azure Cloud

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Backend Data Engineer to support the USN. This role is 100% onsite and is open to candidates in Norfolk, VA. The Backend Data Engineer will join a small teamthat supports & manages government tools connected to the Navy's enterprise network. The team is increasingly focused on the data engineering & data infrastructure supporting enterprise reporting and analytics. This position is heavily focused on the backend data engineering lifecycle connecting to new and existing data sources, integrating disparate and legacy systems, building data pipelines, transforming and cleaning data, staging and aggregating datasets, and preparing data for downstream reporting and business intelligence.

Responsibilities of the Backend Data Engineer:

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data pipelines supporting Navy and DoD environments
• Use Azure Data Factory (ADF) to build pipelines and establish connections between legacy systems, applications, databases, and data repositories
• Ingest data from new, unfamiliar, legacy, and disparate sources and determine the appropriate approach for extraction and integration
• Perform data transformation, cleansing, staging, aggregation, and preparation for downstream reporting and analytics
• Develop and maintain SQL queries and work directly with SQL databases and data repositories
• Integrate systems and move data between different platforms and repositories
• Troubleshoot data pipeline failures, connectivity issues, data quality problems, and integration issues
• Work with stakeholders and technical teams to understand data sources, dependencies, requirements, and downstream reporting needs
• Develop data solutions that can reliably feed Power BI and other enterprise BI/reporting tools
• Document data flows, pipeline architecture, integrations, transformations, and dependencies
• Support an evolving enterprise data environment while working with both modern cloud technologies and legacy systems
• Collaborate with the team's front-end/BI-focused Data Engineer to ensure reporting requirements are supported by reliable backend data infrastructure

Qualifications of the Backend Data Engineer:

• 3–4 years of hands‑on Data Engineering experience
• Active Secret clearance
• IAT Level II certification
• Hands‑on experience developing data pipelines and ETL/data integration solutions
• Strong hands‑on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF)
• Strong SQL/SQL database experience
• Experience with enterprise data transformation, staging, and aggregation
• Experience integrating disparate, legacy, or multiple systems & moving data between them
• Ability to take an unfamiliar dataset and determine how to ingest, transform, store, stage, aggregate, and prepare it for downstream use
• Experience supporting data used by Power BI, Business Intelligence, or enterprise reporting environments
• Preferred: SSIS, Python, PowerShell, XML, Splunk, Azure/cloud data environments, data warehousing/enterprise data repositories

Compensation for the Backend Data Engineer includes:

• $95,000–100,000 depending on experience
• Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k Plan, Holidays, PTO, sick leave as required by law

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