Data Ops Developer

CMT Services, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CMT Services, Inc. seeks a Data Ops Developer to support USDA's Enterprise Human Capital Modernization initiative. You will build and maintain automated data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and CI/CD automation to ensure data reliability.

Responsibilities include data migration planning, data quality and cleansing, API integrations, and collaborating on Databricks Lakehouse projects. Strong knowledge of data governance, reconciliation, and UAT coordination is required.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of data engineering, ETL/ELT, or data integration experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows for HCM data migration.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL/ELT

Data integration

CI/CD

DevSecOps

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

APIs

Job description

ABOUT US:

CMT Services Inc. is a dynamic and small business supporting Federal, State, and Local government agencies. As an SBA-certified HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), we deliver quality, professional services to supportthe missions and strategic business goals of our clients.

PositionTitle: Data Ops Developer

Location:

U.S. Department of Agriculture

1400 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, DC 20250

Period of Performance:

Start Date: One 1-year base period plus 1-year option periods

Place of Performance:

Remote (Mostly Remote – needs to be able to attend meetings at USDA in DC)

Position Summary: The Data Ops Developer will support the USDA’s Enterprise Human Capital Modernization & Transformation initiative. In this role, the Data Ops Developer builds and maintains automated data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and CI/CD automation. Ensures data reliability, monitors performance, and supports DevSecOps practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Core Deliverables: Data pipelines, ETL/ELT, migration execution, testing, automation, Lakehouse implementation.
• Data Migration Planning & Coordination: Migration strategy, plans, timelines, crosswalks, mapping rules, trial migrations, reconciliation
• Data Quality & Cleansing: Data quality assessments, dashboards, cleanup campaigns, standards compliance
• Systems Integration Engineering: APIs, integrations, interface design, ICDs, ETL/ELT pipelines, interface remediation, integration testing
• Testing & Validation: Test cases, reconciliation scripts, UAT coordination, data verification
• Databricks Lakehouse Support: Lakehouse architecture, security design, common data model, migration framework, reporting and analytics

Required Qualifications:

• Years of Experience: 3 to 5 years of progressive professional experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT development, data integration, data migration, or a related field.
• Data Pipeline and ETL/ELT Engineering: Experience building and maintaining automated data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows supporting HCM data migration, integration, and the USDA Databricks Lakehouse.
• Data Transformation and Validation: Experience implementing data transformation, validation, reconciliation, load sequencing, data quality controls, and exception handling supporting initial and iterative HCM data conversion. The PWS requires profiling, source-to-target mapping, transformation, validation, reconciliation, loading, and migration-readiness controls.
• Enterprise Integration and Pipeline Support: Experience supporting ETL/ELT pipelines, middleware, integration platforms, and cloud-native integration services, including troubleshooting data transformation and performance issues across environments.
• Automated Data Testing and Reconciliation: Experience developing or supporting automated testing and reconciliation processes used to verify data lineage, accuracy, and completeness during mock migrations and UAT.
• CI/CD Automation, Data Reliability and DevSecOps: Experience supporting CI/CD automation, data reliability, performance monitoring, and DevSecOps practices for enterprise data solutions.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Computer Engineering.

Join Our Team:

At CMT Services, we believe that extraordinary results come from empowering exceptional people. If you're ready to lead innovative projects, solve complex challenges, and contribute to meaningful infrastructure development while advancing your career in a supportive, collaborative environment, we want to hear from you.

Disclaimer:

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