Cloud Data Engineer: Databases & Pipelines

Blu Omega Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability options

EAP and mental health resources

Telehealth services

Wellness programs and discounts

PTO and paid holidays

Job summary

Blu Omega Inc. is hiring a Database Engineer in Washington, DC Hybrid to design and maintain secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines for a compliance-driven analytics environment. The role supports a federal civil justice mission with robust governance and backup strategies.

You will build and optimize data models, orchestrate pipelines using Airflow or Dagster, and implement access controls and security best practices while collaborating with stakeholders across the program.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in database design and coding with big data.
• Experience administering cloud-based relational and analytical database platforms, including role-based access control and schema management.
• Experience designing databases for performance, scalability, security, and system integration.
• Experience building data pipelines using Airflow or Dagster and SQL/Python/dbt transformations.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, configuration management, containerization, and CI/CD deployment workflows (Terraform, Ansible, Docker).
• Experience supporting backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning for production databases.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, debug, and document complex databases to meet performance, scalability, security, and integration needs.
• Administer and maintain cloud-based relational and analytical database platforms, including role-based access control and schema management.
• Extract and integrate data from multiple sources using parameterized SQL and Python to produce validated, traceable datasets.
• Build and maintain data pipeline orchestration workflows (e.g., Airflow, Dagster) to schedule, sequence, and monitor multi-stage processes.
• Develop SQL- and Python-based transformation logic, including dbt models, with documented business rules and data lineage.
• Develop infrastructure definitions and deployment workflows using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and CI/CD practices.
• Implement and manage access controls, permissions, onboarding/offboarding, and least-privilege practices.
• Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning for production database environments.
• Maintain data dictionaries, metadata, and documentation to support auditability and compliance.
• Train stakeholders on data models, transformation logic, pipeline workflows, and platform tools.

Skills

Database design

SQL

Python

Data integration

RBAC security

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Airflow

Dagster

dbt

CI/CD

Job description

Blu Omega Inc. is hiring a Database Engineer in Washington, DC Hybrid to design and maintain secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines for a compliance-driven analytics environment. The role supports a federal civil justice mission with robust governance and backup strategies.

You will build and optimize data models, orchestrate pipelines using Airflow or Dagster, and implement access controls and security best practices while collaborating with stakeholders across the program.