Data Engineer

Zenius; Virginia; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays and PTO

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401K matching

Flexible Spending Account

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Zenius Corporation is seeking a Data Engineer to design, implement, and operate scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions on Microsoft Azure for Federal clients.

You will work in a Scrum team, collaborate with product owners and analysts, use Azure Synapse, ADLS Gen2, Functions, Logic Apps, and Power BI to deliver trusted data, maintain data quality, governance with Purview, and advance CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 5+ years data engineering experience; 3+ years with related advanced degree.
• Strong Python and SQL skills with reproducible transformations.
• Hands-on with Azure Synapse Analytics and ADLS Gen2.
• Production experience with Synapse / Data Factory, Functions, and Logic Apps.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable data pipelines in Azure.
• Engineer lake storage on ADLS Gen2 with Parquet/Iceberg.
• Establish data quality controls, profiling, and automated tests.
• Operationalize pipelines with CI/CD and run-time observability.
• Model and serve data for analytics/BI using Power BI.
• Document design decisions, lineage, and data contracts; use Purview.

Skills

Python (Pandas/PySpark)

SQL

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Git & CI/CD

Power BI

Data Lake Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ADLS Gen2

Synapse Notebooks

Azure Functions

Logic Apps

Azure DevOps

Purview / governance tooling

Job description

Data Engineer

Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Remote
Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience: 5 10 years
Clearance Requirement: Public Trust or ability to obtain (preferred)
Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen preferred; Green Card holders may be considered

Position Summary

Join our team as a Data Engineer and become a key contributor to building trusted, high-quality data products for Federal clients. You will design, implement, and operate scalable data pipelines and lakehouse solutions using Microsoft Azure services, including Azure Synapse, ADLS Gen2, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps.

You will collaborate closely with product owners, analysts, and stakeholders in a Scrum environment. The ideal candidate is hands-on, curious, collaborative, comfortable asking for and offering help, and willing to propose ideas that improve team velocity and value.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, scalable data pipelines in Azure using Synapse Notebooks, Python, Pandas, PySpark, Synapse Pipelines, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and related technologies to ingest, profile, transform, improve data quality, and publish trusted data.
• Engineer robust lake storage on ADLS Gen2 using Parquet, Iceberg, partitioning techniques, and performance optimization techniques.
• Establish data quality controls, including profiling, validation rules, reproducible transformations, automated tests, monitoring, and alerting.
• Operationalize pipelines with CI/CD, environment promotion, secrets management, and run-time observability, including Azure DevOps.
• Model and serve data for analytics and BI, including Power BI, row-level security, and refresh orchestration.
• Document design decisions, lineage, and data contracts and contribute to catalog and metadata management using Microsoft Purview.
• Collaborate within a Scrum team by participating in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives and partnering with product owners and stakeholders to refine user stories.
• Continuously improve team ways of working by proposing automation, standardization, and quality practices that increase throughput and reliability.

Required Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust background investigation.
• 5+ years of professional data engineering experience and a bachelor's degree, or 3+ years of experience with a related advanced degree.
• Strong Python (Pandas, PySpark) and SQL skills with experience building reproducible, testable data transformations.
• Hands-on expertise with Azure Synapse Analytics (Notebooks/SQL/Spark) and ADLS Gen2.
• Production experience with Synapse or Azure Data Factory, Azure Functions, and Logic Apps for event-driven orchestration.
• Solid data architecture fundamentals, including lakehouse patterns, partitioning, schema management, and performance tuning at scale.
• Experience with data quality, lineage, and governance, with familiarity with Microsoft Purview or equivalent catalog/lineage tooling.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD practices, including Azure DevOps, for data solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, help-seeking/help-giving approach within a Scrum team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience integrating with AWS data services, including S3, Glue/Glue Data Catalog, and Lambda, and/or cross-cloud data patterns.
• Experience enabling BI and analytics using Power BI, model design, and row-level security (RLS) and supporting analysts with performant datasets.
• Experience building observability for data systems, including usage/cost telemetry, data SLAs, and pipeline health dashboards.
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM), reference data concepts, and enterprise governance.
• Relevant certifications, including Microsoft Azure Data Engineer (DP-203), Azure Enterprise Data Analyst, or AWS data certifications.
• Existing Federal Government Clearance.

How We Work

Our team is Scrum-aligned. Team members contribute to clear user stories, sizing, and acceptance criteria; continually update documentation for work items in progress; and actively participate in planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business. Zenius specializes in providing Grants Management, IT Modernization, Acquisition Management, and Financial Management services to Federal agencies. Zenius is selected by Inc 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in the DC Metro Area, awarded in 2025, 2024, 2021, and 2020. Zenius is also listed by Financial Times as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas in 2021. Zenius is an awardee of 2019 Best of Leesburg winner (Business Management Consultant category).

BENEFITS

Zenius Corporation is an employee-oriented company. Join us now and help us grow!

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes paid holidays and paid time off, medical insurance including health, vision, dental insurance, 401K matching, Flexible Spending Account and flexible schedules, as per business needs. We also work with our employees on training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

Zenius Corporation provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Zenius complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Zenius Corporation expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.