ETL Data Engineer - Multiple Levels (Cleared) - Chantilly, VA

VetJobs; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Noblis is seeking Data Engineers to join our team in Chantilly, VA, supporting national security missions. You will design and maintain ETL pipelines, develop Python-based data workflows, and collaborate with cyber analysts to deliver robust data solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on data engineering, data visualization, and building scalable data infrastructure in a classified IC environment. On-site position with clearances and security requirements.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Experience with ETL pipeline development and data integration.
• Proficient in Python, SQL, data warehousing, and visualization tools.
• Cloud experience with AWS/GCP; containerization technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and execute data extraction pipelines.
• ETL development: Python-based pipelines for ingestion, cleansing and optimization of large datasets.
• Data preparation using Python and SQL for analytics.
• Design dashboards in Tableau/Power BI for insights.
• Optimize SQL queries to support data handling and performance.
• Load data into databases and data warehouses.
• Build and maintain data infrastructure (NiFi, Pentaho, Hevo).
• Document ETL workflows and data lineage; work in Agile with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Python programming

SQL development

ETL pipelines

Data warehousing

Git workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache NiFi

Pentaho

Kafka

Tableau

Power BI

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Job description

Job Description

- Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is \"On-Site\"

Noblis is seeking Data Engineers at multiple levels to join our team in support of national security missions.

Job Description

- Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is \"On-Site\"

Noblis is seeking Data Engineers at multiple levels to join our team in support of national security missions. As the ETL Developer, you analyze our clients’ challenges and provide solutions by identifying and applying new tools and technologies to help design new data repositories. You will be responsible for maintaining and expanding the data pipeline that fuels critical national security missions and manipulating data and data flows for both existing and new systems. You will provide support in the areas of data extraction, transformation and load (ETL), data mapping, data extraction, analytical support, operational support, database support, and maintenance support of data and associated systems. Additionally, you will work alongside our team and cyber analysts performing data engineering to identify data sets.

The ideal candidate will have a deep background in Python-based data workflows and experience working in classified IC environments.

Job Responsibilities

• Developing, maintaining, and executing data extraction pipelines to transport data in and out of multiple environments.
• ETL Development and Data Cleansing: Engineering Python-based ETL pipelines to ingest, clean, and optimize large datasets from various sources, refining data quality and processing efficiency.
• Data Preparation: Applying Python and SQL for data cleaning, integration, and exploratory analysis to uncover valuable insights extracted from large volumes of data.
• Data Visualization: Designing and deploying interactive dashboards and reporting in visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Improving application performance by optimizing and executing SQL queries to support data handling.
• Loading data into storage systems like databases or data warehouses.
• Building and maintaining data infrastructure (e.g., NiFi, Pentaho, Hevo).
• Maintaining and documenting ETL workflows and recording data movement/changes.
• Working in an Agile environment to rapidly iterate with our clients. Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with data scientists, data engineers, and application developers to translate complex business requirements into robust technical implementations.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelors

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship is required
• Clearance: Active Top-Secret SCI (TS/SCI) with Polygraph
• Experience performing extract, transformation, load (ETL)developmentfor data pipelines (specifically cyber data); to include integrating, cleansing, and preparing data from sources for analytics and reporting.
• Proficient in data warehousing, data management, programming (e.g., Python), and ETL tools (e.g., Apache NiFi, Pentaho, Kafka).
• Familiarity with the cyber domain.
• Experience designing and maintaining SQL-based data systems and crafting complex queries.
• Experience designing and deploying interactive dashboards and integrating data systems with visualization and analytics platforms using Tableau and/or Power BI.
• Experience with a cloud environment (e.g., GCP, AWS), including its security containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Language experience with Python.
• Experience with Git-based workflows and code repository platforms such as GitHub.
• Ability to perform API servicedevelopment.

Level II:

Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of related experience; OR associate’s degree with 6 years of related experience; OR High School diploma/GED with 9 years of related experience.

Compensation: $90,700 - $141,775

Level III

Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience; OR Master's degree with 3 years of related experience; OR associate’s degree with 8 years of related experience; OR High School diploma/GED with 11 years of related experience.

Compensation: $120,700 - $188,725

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Hadoop and Spark
• Experience with Elasticsearch
• Experience with open-source cyber data sets such as Shodan and Censys.IO
• Experience with creating and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and tools

Certificates/Security Clearances/Other

• Active TS/SCI w/ polygraph

City*

Chantilly

State*

Virginia

Job_Category

Engineering

Job Code

Engineering Engineering

Affiliate Sponsor

Noblis

Salary Range

$75,000-$100,000