Cyber Data Engineer: Secure Pipelines & Analytics

VTG Defense; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG Defense in Herndon, VA is seeking a motivated Data Engineer to support our cyber analytics missions. The role focuses on building and maintaining secure data pipelines in Python, ensuring data integrity from collection to ingestion, and delivering normalized data to analysts and data scientists.

You will work with REST APIs, JSON/XML/CSV formats, Bash/Linux tools, and Git, with an active TS/SCI clearance required. The position offers challenging, mission-focused work in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI With Poly Required.
• 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/GitHub 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

Responsibilities

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain resilient data pipelines using Python.
• 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

Skills

Python

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Version control (Git)

JSON/XML/CSV formats

Bash/Linux CLI

TS/SCI With Poly

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Git/GitHub

Job description

VTG Defense in Herndon, VA is seeking a motivated Data Engineer to support our cyber analytics missions. The role focuses on building and maintaining secure data pipelines in Python, ensuring data integrity from collection to ingestion, and delivering normalized data to analysts and data scientists.

You will work with REST APIs, JSON/XML/CSV formats, Bash/Linux tools, and Git, with an active TS/SCI clearance required. The position offers challenging, mission-focused work in a collaborative team.