Data Engineer TS/SCI – Secure Data Pipelines & AI

Accrete; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Accrete is seeking a Data Engineer to join our government-focused team in Alexandria, VA. You will design and maintain data pipelines, manage data platforms, and ensure data quality and governance across structured and unstructured datasets within secure environments.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and government customers to deliver reliable data workflows, solve data-related issues, and support mission-critical data needs.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Counterintelligence or Lifestyle Polygraph.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, data management, database administration, systems administration, or a related technical field.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases.
• Experience building or supporting ETL/ELT pipelines and data integration workflows.
• Experience with Python or another scripting language for data processing and automation.
• Experience working with structured and unstructured datasets.
• Understanding of data quality, data governance, metadata, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience troubleshooting technical and data‑related issues.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with complex datasets.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating closely with technical and mission teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot data ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple sources and systems.
• Develop ETL/ELT workflows to move and transform data.
• Develop SQL queries and scripts to extract, transform, validate, and analyze data.
• Support data ingestion through APIs, databases, files, feeds, and other sources.
• Develop repeatable processes for data onboarding and integration.
• Monitor data pipelines and investigate failures, delays, and inconsistencies.
• Work with engineering teams to improve the reliability and scalability of data workflows.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

SQL proficiency

Python scripting

ETL pipelines

Data governance

Data quality

Data integration

Troubleshooting

Communication

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS / Data Eng / Info Systems

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL

SQL Server

Oracle

Spark

Databricks

Snowflake

Airflow

Kafka

REST APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Accrete is seeking a Data Engineer to join our government-focused team in Alexandria, VA. You will design and maintain data pipelines, manage data platforms, and ensure data quality and governance across structured and unstructured datasets within secure environments.

You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and government customers to deliver reliable data workflows, solve data-related issues, and support mission-critical data needs.