Data Engineer
Department: Data Analysis and Technology Services
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: McLean, VA
Compensation: $130,000 - $260,000 / year
Description
REQUIRED: Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
LOCATION: Full-time, onsite in McLean, VA
CONTINGENT
We are seeking a Data Engineer who thrives in a mission-driven, environment. This role is ideal for someone who can transform complex, disparate data into reliable, scalable pipelines that power analytics, automation, and decision-making across high-impact programs. If you excel at building robust data architectures, ensuring data integrity, and collaborating with cross-functional technical teams, you’ll find this work both challenging and deeply meaningful.
Passionate Integrity, Driven by Excellence
\"Ardent Principles\" signifies our unwavering commitment to excellence, driven by a profound passion and a strict adherence to ethical values. We believe that happy employees make for happy clients. Our mission is to act as a bridge between satisfied clients and fulfilled employees, ensuring that your job and well-being are our top priorities because your satisfaction leads to the success of our clients.
With a competitive salary and industry-leading benefits, Ardent Principles offers more than just a job - we offer a career path filled with growth and opportunities.
Join us and let's shape the future together!
Key Responsibilities
- Data engineering, to include designing and building data infrastructure, developing data pipelines, transforming/preparing data, ensuring data quality and security, and monitoring/optimizing systems.
- Data management and integration, including designing and operating robust data layers for application development across local and cloud or web data sources.
- Programming with Python
- Building scalable ETL and ELT workflows for reporting and analytics.
- Using general Linux computing and advanced bash scripting
- Using SQL.
- Constructing complex multi-data source queries with database technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Neo4J or RDS.
- Processing data sources containing structured or unstructured data.
- Developing data pipelines with NiFi to bring data into a central environment
- Delivering results to stakeholders through written documentation and oral briefings
- Using code repositories such as Git
- Using Elastic and Kibana technologies
- Working with multiple stakeholders
- Documenting such artifacts as code, Python packages and methodologies
- Using Jupyter Notebooks
- Machine learning techniques including natural language processing
- Explaining complex technical issues to more junior data scientists, in graphical, verbal, or written formats
- Developing tested, reusable and reproducible work
- Work or educational background in one or more of the following areas: mathematics, statistics, hard sciences (e.g. Physics, Computational Biology, Astronomy, Neuroscience, etc.) computer science, data science, or business analytics.
Highly Desired Qualifications
- Using cloud services, such as AWS, as well as cloud data technologies and architecture.
- Using big data processing tools such as Apache Spark or Trino
- Working with machine learning algorithms
- Using container frameworks such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Using data visualizations tools such as Tableau, Kibana or Apache Superset
- Creating learning objectives and creating teaching curriculum in technical or scientific fields.
What We Offer
- Highly Competitive Salary: Recognizing and rewarding your expertise and contributions.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Providing ample time for rest, relaxation, and personal pursuits.
- Dedicated Training Budget: Supporting continuous learning and professional development.
- 100% Employer-Covered Family Vision, Dental, and Health Insurance: Ensuring comprehensive health coverage for you and your family.
- 100% Employer-Covered Life and Disability Insurance: Offering financial security and peace of mind.
- 401(k) Plan with a 6% Employer Match: Helping you plan and save for a secure retirement, with 100% vesting from day one.
- 11 Paid Government Holidays: Observing national holidays to ensure time off with family and friends.
- Spot Bonuses for Exceptional Performance: Rewarding outstanding contributions and achievements.
SCHEDULE:
This is a contingent, full-time position working onsite in McLean, VA during core hours.