Data Engineering Fellow: Strategic Analytics Leader

Systems Planning & Analysis; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 265,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Professional development

Job summary

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact technical solutions to national security issues with a focus on data-driven engineering and analytics.

The Data Engineering Fellow leads strategic data architecture and analytics initiatives, mentoring staff across SPA and guiding customers with market-relevant expertise. Reporting to the Chief Capabilities Office, this role advances data platforms, governance, and predictive analytics across diverse data types while maintaining a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in data engineering, enterprise data architecture, analytics, or related technical leadership roles.
• Demonstrated expertise designing, evaluating, and advising on enterprise-scale data architectures

Responsibilities

• Define expert knowledge and skills across Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced levels for SPA data engineering and analytics.
• Sustain structured repositories including white papers, case studies, and datasets to facilitate expertise development.
• Lead market visibility, client engagements, and training across SPA data capabilities.
• Provide strategic technical guidance to executive leadership and engineering teams.

Skills

Data engineering

Enterprise data architecture

Analytics leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Kafka

Apache Spark

dbt

Job description

Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA) delivers high-impact technical solutions to national security issues with a focus on data-driven engineering and analytics.

The Data Engineering Fellow leads strategic data architecture and analytics initiatives, mentoring staff across SPA and guiding customers with market-relevant expertise. Reporting to the Chief Capabilities Office, this role advances data platforms, governance, and predictive analytics across diverse data types while maintaining a