Data Engineer

Altamira Technology Corporation; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies seeks a Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, data models, and analytics platforms on customer-site projects in Tampa, FL or Joint Base Andrews. You will ensure scalable data architectures and collaborate across teams in an Agile environment.

The role requires 10+ years of experience and a TS/SCI clearance, with expertise in ETL/ELT, data governance, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP).

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or related roles.
• Educational background with a master’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, and governance.
• Comfort with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data platforms.
• Ability to work on customer-site projects in Tampa or Andrews and collaborate in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain scalable data pipelines.
• Model and warehouse structured datasets for analytics and ML.
• Define data models, schemas, and metadata in governed environments.
• Perform data quality checks and implement governance practices.
• Deploy data assets on cloud platforms and optimize resources.
• Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and product teams in sprints.

Skills

Data Pipeline Development

Data Modeling

Data Quality

Cloud Platforms

Agile Collaboration

Education

MS/MA degree or equivalent experience

Security Clearance: TS/SCI

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Position: Data Engineer

Position Location: Tampa, Florida (Downtown) or Joint Base Andrews

Position Description: Data Engineer supports the design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines, data models, and analytics platforms.

This position is at the customer site in either Tampa Florida or Joint Base Andrews.

Required Experience:

• Data Pipeline Development: Build, test, and maintain scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines. Support ETL/ELT activities to move data from source systems to analytics environments. Ensure data workflows are reliable, monitored, and well‑documented.
• Data Modeling & Warehousing: Assist in designing and maintaining structured datasets for analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases.
• Help define data models, schemas, and metadata within governed data environments.
• Data Quality & Governance: Perform routine data validation, profiling, and quality checks. Collaborate with senior engineers to implement data governance and security best practices. Contribute to documentation of data flows, lineage, and standards.
• Cloud & Platform Support: Work with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP depending on project) to deploy data assets. Support configuration, optimization, and maintenance of compute and storage resources.
• Collaboration & Delivery: Partner with analysts, data scientists, and product teams to understand data requirements. Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews. Drive continuous learning and contribute to improving engineering processes.

Education:

• 10 years of experience with MS/MA degree or equivalent experience
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI

Altamira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We focus on recruiting talented, self‑motivated employees that find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!