Data Engineer - Secure Pipelines for National Missions

Agile Defense, LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense, LLC is seeking a Data Engineer to support secure data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics-ready datasets. You will collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders to process data using Databricks, Spark, Palantir Foundry, Maven Smart Systems, or comparable platforms.

This role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience, with active US government security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering, information systems, mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of relevant data engineering, software development, data analytics, or enterprise-platform experience.
• Experience with Python and SQL familiarity with data validation, data modeling, and data-quality practices; familiarity with Spark, PySpark, Databricks, or comparable technologies
• Experience supporting ETL/ELT pipelines and data transformations
• Understanding of version control, testing, documentation, and Agile development
• Ability to collaborate with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Active US government security clearance

Responsibilities

• Supports the development and maintenance of secure data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics-ready datasets.
• Works with data scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders to process structured and unstructured data using Databricks, Spark, Palantir Foundry, Maven Smart Systems, or comparable platforms.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in computer science

3+ years data engineering

Python and SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Version control and Agile

Security clearance (US)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Maven Smart Systems

Databricks

Spark

War Data Platform

Docker

CI/CD

MLflow

APIs

Terraform

AWS/Azure

Job description

Agile Defense, LLC is seeking a Data Engineer to support secure data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics-ready datasets. You will collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders to process data using Databricks, Spark, Palantir Foundry, Maven Smart Systems, or comparable platforms.

This role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience, with active US government security clearance.