Data Engineer Level 1

JANSON Communications, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

JANSON Communications, Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer Level I to support U.S. Army operational requirements.

You will build and maintain data pipelines, analytics workflows, and dashboards within Army Vantage environments, transforming and validating structured and semi-structured data. The role emphasizes documenting processes, data lineage, and technical artifacts, while coordinating with Army and contractor stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a data/technical field plus 3+ years of relevant experience OR
• Associate's degree plus 7+ years of experience OR
• Major professional certification plus 7+ years of experience OR
• 11+ years of specialized experience in data engineering, analytics, data quality, or data integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain data products and analytics capabilities for Army Vantage and related environments.
• Prepare, transform, normalize, and analyze structured and semi-structured data.
• Build and maintain repeatable data-ingestion, transformation, and integration workflows.
• Document processes, data lineage, validation results, and transition artifacts; coordinate with stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Dashboard development

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in data engineering / CS / IS

Associate's degree in related field

Professional certification related to data duties

Eleven years of relevant experience

Tools

Relational databases

ETL workflows

Job description

JANSON, named Inc. 5000 (2026) as one of the fastest growing privately held business, is recognized for delivering excellent service for the military customers we support both domestically and abroad.

The Data Engineer Level I provides technical data engineering, analytics workflow development, integration, validation, and sustainment of technical capabilities in support of U.S. Army operational requirements. The position applies established data

engineering and analytical methods to develop, configure, validate, document, and sustain data products and analytical capabilities within Army Vantage and related data environments; prepares, transforms, normalizes, validates, and analyzes structured and semi-structured data; development and maintenance of repeatable data-ingestion, transformation, and integration workflows; development and maintenance of dashboards, analytical products, and related technical workflow components; applies data-validation, quality-assurance, traceability, and reproducibility practices; translation of operational requirements into data, analytics, and visualization solutions; documents technical processes, source-to-output workflow logic, configurations, validation results, data lineage, product changes, and transition artifacts; participates in technical working sessions, engineering reviews, workflow integration activities, and validation efforts; resolves assigned technical issues affecting data pipelines, workflows, and analytical products using established methods and procedures; sustainment and government continuation of delivered technical capabilities; and coordinates with Army, government, and contractor stakeholders on technical matters related to data integration, analytics delivery, and operational use. This position is a technical professional role and does not serve as a general administrative, clerical, or end-user support position.

Candidates must possess an active Secret security clearance, or the ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship sufficient to obtain and maintain the required clearance; and the ability to obtain and maintain

applicable Technical Expert Status Accreditation (TESA). The selected candidate must meet the applicable Technical Expert Status Accreditation requirements under Article 73 of the NATO SOFA Supplementary Agreement and AEA Regulation 715-9.

Candidates must demonstrate proficiency with Python, SQL, or comparable data engineering and analytical programming tools; experience with data preparation, transformation, normalization, validation, quality assurance, and analysis; experience in development or maintenance of dashboards, visualizations, analytical products, or comparable data-driven applications; ability to work with relational databases and structured or semi-structured datasets; understanding of data modeling, data integration, data quality, analytical workflow concepts, and technical documentation practices; ability to document technical processes and resolve assigned technical problems using established methods and procedures; ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary technical teams; and strong written and verbal communication skills for effective interaction with military, civilian, and contractor personnel on technical matters.

Requirements

Candidates must satisfy one of the following minimum qualification combinations: a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in data engineering, computer science, information systems, data science, statistics, mathematics, engineering, operations research, business analytics, or another directly related technical or quantitative field, plus at least three years of recent specialized experience directly related to the duties of the position; an associate’s degree in a directly related technical or quantitative field, plus at least seven years of recent specialized experience directly related to the duties of the position; a major professional certification directly related to the technical duties of the position, plus at least seven years of recent specialized experience directly related to the duties of the position; or at least eleven years of recent specialized experience directly related to the duties of the position. Specialized experience must demonstrate progressively responsible professional application of data engineering, data analytics, database development, data visualization, scripting/programming, dashboard development, data quality, analytical workflow development, data integration, or closely related technical capabilities. Academic projects, internships, or coursework alone do not substitute for the required specialized professional experience when determining TESA eligibility.

The employee must be capable of performing duties in classified and unclassified environments, as authorized; may be required to access and operate government information systems in accordance with applicable policies and security requirements; may be required to work at government facilities and interact directly with military and civilian personnel on technical matters; and must be willing and able to travel up to 10%.