Data Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; O'Fallon (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Engineer to help build and deploy pipelines that organize disparate data for mission-driven projects.

You will work with analysts, engineers, and developers in an agile environment to support assessment, design, development, and maintenance of scalable data platforms. The role emphasizes data-driven insights and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with Python.
• 2+ years building scalable data stores for big data.
• Experience with C++, Java, or Linux.
• Experience creating software to retrieve, parse and process structured and unstructured data.
• Experience developing scalable ETL or ELT workflows for reporting and analytics.
• Experience collaborating in a cross-functional team environment.
• Ability to convert various data into usable formats and scale data platforms.
• Nice-to-have: SQL or Scala.
• Nice-to-have: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Nice-to-have: Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, or Kafka.
• Nice-to-have: NoSQL like MongoDB or Cassandra.
• Nice-to-have: Data warehousing like Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake.
• Nice-to-have: UNIX/Linux commands and shell scripting.
• Nice-to-have: Agile engineering practices.
• Nice-to-have: TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines and platforms that organize disparate data.
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Support the assessment, design, development, and maintenance of scalable data platforms for clients.
• Collaborate to deliver data-driven solutions for mission-critical problems.
• Help clients derive insights from data to inform decisions.

Skills

Python

Data stores

C++

Java

Linux

Data parsing

ETL/ELT

Collaboration

Scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Join a culture of emplowerment and connectivity.

Develop your craft

Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.

Discover benefits that your life and work.

Innovate with intention

Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artifi cia l intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need a data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from fraud detection to cancer research, to national intelligence.

As a Data Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use your skills and experience to help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll develop and deploy the pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful.

Here, you’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll sharpen your skills in analytical exploration and data examination while you support the assessment, design, development, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.

Work with us to use data for good.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience utilizing Python
• 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis
• Experience utilizing programming languages, including C++, Java, or Linux
• Experience creating sof tware for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data
• Experience developing scalable ETL or ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
• Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats, and support project team to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in application development utilizing SQL or Scala
• Experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Micro sof t Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience with distributed data or computing tools such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka
• Experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• Experience with NoSQL implementation using MongoDB or Cassandra
• Experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake
• Experience with UNIX or Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
• Experience with Agile engineering practices
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Data Engineer

The Opportunity:

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artifi cia l intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need a data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from fraud detection to cancer research, to national intelligence.

As a Data Engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll use your skills and experience to help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll develop and deploy the pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful.

Here, you’ll work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll sharpen your skills in analytical exploration and data examination while you support the assessment, design, development, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.

Work with us to use data for good.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• 2+ years of experience utilizing Python
• 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis
• Experience utilizing programming languages, including C++, Java, or Linux
• Experience creating sof tware for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data
• Experience developing scalable ETL or ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
• Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
• Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats, and support project team to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• Experience in application development utilizing SQL or Scala
• Experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Micro sof t Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience with distributed data or computing tools such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka
• Experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• Experience with NoSQL implementation using MongoDB or Cassandra
• Experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake
• Experience with UNIX or Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
• Experience with Agile engineering practices
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information ; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $61,900.00 to $141,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.