Data / Analytics Engineer

SkyePoint Decisions; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification incentive program

PTO

Floating federal holidays

Health Insurance

401k matching

Job summary

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a Data/Analytics Engineer to support a federal client in a fully remote role. The position requires crafting data pipelines, models, and analytics capabilities to transform diverse data into actionable information for automation and decision support.

The ideal candidate brings extensive data engineering experience, cloud proficiency, and a active clearance or eligibility. U.S. Citizenship is required, and the role is contingent on contract win.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a data/CS/engineering field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years delivering data pipelines, analytics, or reporting in cloud or enterprise environments.
• Proficient in SQL and at least one programming language used in data engineering.
• Experience with data quality, lineage, access controls, automated testing, and API integration.
• Eligible for Public Trust; active Secret clearance highly preferred; U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Identify authoritative data sources and define ingestion, transformation, storage, access, retention, and quality requirements.
• Develop automated data pipelines and reusable data services for workflows and automation.
• Design data models, schemas, mappings, validation rules, and lineage metadata.
• Create analytics datasets, metrics, dashboards, and reporting components for status and trends.
• Integrate data capabilities with APIs, repositories, approved cloud services, and DevSecOps workflows.
• Apply access controls, logging and encryption in collaboration with security teams.
• Automate testing and monitoring of data pipelines and document designs and data definitions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Dashboarding

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Engineering or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

SkyePoint Decisions is a leading Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering, Critical Infrastructure and Operations, and Applications Development and Maintenance IT service provider headquartered in Dulles, Virginia with operations across the U.S. We provide innovative enterprise-wide solutions as well as targeted services addressing the complex challenges faced by our federal government clients. Our focus is on enabling our clients to deliver their mission most efficiently and effectively – anytime, anywhere, securely. We combine technical expertise, mission awareness, and an empowered workforce to produce meaningful results.

This is a contingent position based upon contract win.

SkyePoint Decisions is seeking a Data/Analytics Engineer to join our team supporting a federal customer. This position is contingent on contract win.

This person engineers data pipelines, models, quality controls, and analytics capabilities that transform customer operational, development, security, and assessment data into reliable information for automation, monitoring, and decision support.

This is a remote position.

Responsibilities

• Identify authoritative data sources and define ingestion, transformation, storage, access, retention, and quality requirements.
• Develop automated data pipelines and reusable data services supporting workflow, security, ATO, and operational automation.
• Design data models, schemas, mappings, validation rules, lineage, metadata, and data-quality controls.
• Create analytics datasets, metrics, dashboards, and reporting components that expose status, trends, exceptions, and decision-support information.
• Integrate data capabilities with APIs, customer repositories, approved cloud services, and DevSecOps workflows.
• Apply access controls, logging, encryption, and other security requirements to data solutions in collaboration with security personnel.
• Automate testing and monitoring of data pipelines and document designs, dependencies, operating procedures, and data definitions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Engineering , Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, Engineering, or related field; 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience developing data pipelines, transformations, models, analytics, or reporting capabilities in enterprise or cloud environments.
• Proficiency with SQL and at least one programming/scripting language used for data engineering.
• Experience with data quality, lineage, access controls, automated testing, and integration with APIs or operational systems.
• Ability to obtain a 6c Public Trust. At least an active Secret clearance is highly preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS data services
• Python
• SQL
• ETL/ELT frameworks
• Data modeling and lineage
• Dashboards/analytics tools
• API-based data integration

Compensation

Salary Range: TBD

The SkyePoint Decisions salary range for this position is a general guideline only. It represents an estimated range for this position and is just one piece of our total compensation package.

Salary at SkyePoint is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work schedule, the candidate’s combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, market data and business considerations.

In addition to a competitive salary, SkyePoint offers benefits including a certification incentive program, PTO, floating federal holiday options, several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, Vision, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, and 401k matched.

What We Can Offer You

• At SkyePoint, we go B.I.G. (beginning in GRATITUDE) by recognizing all we have and giving back to our employees, families, and communities. It instills a positive mindset that permeates all we do. By beginning in gratitude, SkyePoint can continue to spread living in gratitude each day.
• Great Benefits: Several insurance options including HMO and High Deductible plans with Health Savings Accounts [HSAs], Flex Spending Accounts [FSAs], Full Dental Plans, ST/LT Disability, Life Insurance, floating federal holiday options, and 401k matched
• Certificate Incentive Program: To promote professional development, we recognize and reward employees who obtain new certifications aligned with business needs.

SkyePoint Decisions is an established ISO 9001:2015 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified small business and appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Services and Development. We possess a common vision of excellence and foster a collaborative team culture built upon individual performance and accountability. We invest in our people and systems to create value for our clients. It is the SkyePoint Way. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with exceptional people and give back to the communities we serve. Our employees value the flexibility at SkyePoint that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives.

SkyePoint Decisions is a participating E-Verify Employer.

U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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