ETL Engineer

Vosper Thornycroft Group; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG is seeking a detail-oriented ETL Engineer to join our data engineering team. You will design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics, data warehousing, and application needs across large data sets.

Ideal candidates have strong Linux, Python, SQL, and AWS experience, with an active TS/SCI clearance with Poly. You will collaborate with stakeholders to deliver mission-relevant analytics and secure, scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 6–8 years Linux experience focusing on scalable data processing.
• 6–8 years OO programming, with Python preferred.
• 4–6 years ETL with large data sets and cloud experience (AWS/C2S acceptable).
• Strong SQL skills and data warehousing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics and data warehousing.
• Ingest, transform, and load data from varied sources into centralized storage.
• Develop cloud-native AWS solutions and ensure data quality and governance.
• Provide leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to the team.
• Deliver dashboards and analytics to stakeholders; support accreditation.

Skills

SQL

Python

AWS

ETL

Data warehousing

NoSQL

Git

Linux

Shell scripting

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IS/Engineering

Tools

Informatica

Talend

SSIS

AWS Glue

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Overview

VTG is currently seeking a detail-oriented and experienced ETL Engineer to join our data engineering team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines and integration processes that enable reliable, timely, and high-quality data delivery across the organization. This role requires strong technical capabilities, a deep understanding of data architecture, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.

What will you do?

• Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines that support data warehouse, analytics, and application needs. Must be experienced with large data sets [hundreds of thousands of records, GB and TB size data sets]
• Extract, transform, and load data from various sources into centralized storage solutions.
• Design and enhance search and discovery platforms across large volumes of structured and unstructured data
• Perform data ingestion, ETL, and integration across enterprise and multi-source environments
• Optimize ETL workflows for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Conduct data validation, profiling, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data inconsistencies, pipeline failures, or performance bottlenecks.
• Build and maintain cloud-native solutions (AWS) aligned to secure and resilient architecture patterns
• Partner with mission operators, analysts, and senior stakeholders to define requirements and deliver mission-relevant analytics
• Translate mission needs into technical designs, architectures, and implementation roadmaps, ensuring alignment to operational objectives
• Deliver clear, compelling visualizations, dashboards, and executive-level briefings that communicate analytic insights and recommendations
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship, including hands‑on development, code review, and team development
• Own delivery of analytic capabilities from concept through deployment, accreditation, and sustainment
• Support system accreditation, data governance, and security architecture, ensuring data integrity and compliance within classified environments

Do you have what it takes?

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum 6-8 years working in Linux Operating system with updating the system for efficient parallel processing, understanding memory, storage and processing data at scale
• Minimum 6-8 years in Object Oriented programming. Python is preferred software development language
• Minimum 6-8 years of demonstrated experience with applications in the Commercial Cloud Services (C2S) environment or an Amazon Web Services cloud environment. Willing to consider substituting C2S if candidate has a minimum 4-6 years of cloud computing technology to include Azure, Oracle, Google, etc.
• Minimum 4-6 years of demonstrated (Extract, Transform, Load - ETL) with large structured and unstructured raw data sets. Strong experience with ETL tools such as Informatica, Talend, SSIS, AWS Glue, or Azure Data Factory.
• Proficiency in SQL, including complex queries and query optimization.
• 6-8 Years of experience with AWS platform including understanding EC2, RCS instance types
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts, data modeling, and schema design.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Experience using version control systems such as Git.
• Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with Poly on day one of employment