Hybrid Senior Data Engineer: MDM, Data Lakes & BI

SDFM; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SDFM is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Alexandria, VA area for a hybrid role that combines hands-on data engineering with business-facing collaboration. You will help scale data capabilities and partner with stakeholders to deliver robust data solutions.

The role requires a strong data engineering background, experience with MDM, data governance and Power BI analytics, plus a bachelor's degree and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong experience with MDM tools and data engineering across warehouses, lakes, ETL, and data quality.
• Proven ability to partner with multiple business and back-office functions and translate requirements to data solutions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders.
• Experience with Power BI and semantic modeling.
• Experience operating in government contracting or compliance-driven environments, including data governance and risk considerations.

Responsibilities

• Scale and modernize back-office data capabilities as the organization grows.
• Serve in a high-visibility, business-facing data engineering role with stakeholders across functions.
• Design, enhance, and support data warehouses, data lakes, ETL, MDM, and data quality solutions.
• Partner with business teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Leverage Power BI and semantic modeling to strengthen reporting and analytics across the enterprise.
• Establish and advance data quality, governance, and risk-management practices within a compliance-driven environment.
• Communicate technical concepts and data strategies effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.

Skills

MDM tools

Data warehouses

Data lakes

ETL patterns

Data quality

Business partnering

Communication

Power BI

Semantic modeling

Data governance

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Scala

Job description

SDFM is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Alexandria, VA area for a hybrid role that combines hands-on data engineering with business-facing collaboration. You will help scale data capabilities and partner with stakeholders to deliver robust data solutions.

The role requires a strong data engineering background, experience with MDM, data governance and Power BI analytics, plus a bachelor's degree and excellent communication skills.