Defense Data Engineer — SECRET Clearance, Databricks

Cortina Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BCBS Medical and Dental Insurance

VSP Vision

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Job summary

Cortina Solutions is seeking an entry-level Data Engineer to work with military clients in the Defense & Security sector. The role focuses on data management, analytics, and visualization to support financial processes and audit readiness.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to modernize legacy systems, build dashboards, and develop reports, leveraging Power Platform, Databricks, and analytics tools to drive better decision-making.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen required.
• Active DoD SECRET security clearance required.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, IT, Logistics, or Business Management (5+ years of relevant experience may substitute).
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Dataverse, Power Apps, Power Automate, Databricks, and Power BI.
• Strong communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Assist military clients in modernizing legacy environments and supporting automation and analytics initiatives.
• Convert business requirements into intuitive data visualization dashboards, web queries, and complex reports.
• Manage pipelines in a Databricks AWS Data Lake using SQL and Python.
• Develop and modify Python scripts for data ingestion or transformation.
• Integrate data into visualization tools like Power BI from various sources.
• Support advanced analytics and automation tools to improve reporting and decision-making.

Skills

Python

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Logistics, or Business Management

Tools

Microsoft Dataverse

Power Apps

Power Automate

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

Cortina Solutions is seeking an entry-level Data Engineer to work with military clients in the Defense & Security sector. The role focuses on data management, analytics, and visualization to support financial processes and audit readiness.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to modernize legacy systems, build dashboards, and develop reports, leveraging Power Platform, Databricks, and analytics tools to drive better decision-making.