Defense Data Engineer: Scalable ETL & API Pipelines

Integrated Data Service Inc; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Voluntary life insurance

Supplemental insurance

11 paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

401(k) with safe harbor

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Integrated Data Services (IDS) is seeking a Data Engineer to support Navy acquisition transformation by building scalable pipelines, APIs, and data products. You will work hands-on with production ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and REST API integrations in an IL-4/5 environment, with periodic travel to government facilities in the National Capital Region.

This is hands-on engineering; you will write the code, own the pipelines in production, and help set standards while supporting remote work

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and PL/SQL, plus working proficiency in Java, Python, and JSON.
• Demonstrated experience building and operating production ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Data modeling experience, including turning raw source data into reusable analytics datasets or data products.
• Experience integrating or consuming data through REST APIs.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing pipelines for performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production data pipelines in SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Python across an Oracle, Talend, and Apigee stack in an IL-4/5 environment.
• Integrate and transform acquisition and financial datasets into reliable, reusable data products.
• Develop data models and analytics datasets that drive enterprise reporting and operational decisions.
• Build and maintain REST API integrations for ingesting and exchanging data across systems.
• Migrate data from legacy systems.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune scheduled workflows for performance, reliability, and scale.
• Implement data validation, quality checks, lineage, and governance practices that build trust in the data.
• Contribute to automated testing, code reviews, documentation, and reusable engineering patterns.
• Shape physical database design for performance, scaling, security, backup, and disaster recovery.

Job description

Integrated Data Services (IDS) is seeking a Data Engineer to support Navy acquisition transformation by building scalable pipelines, APIs, and data products. You will work hands-on with production ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, and REST API integrations in an IL-4/5 environment, with periodic travel to government facilities in the National Capital Region.

This is hands-on engineering; you will write the code, own the pipelines in production, and help set standards while supporting remote work