Junior Data Engineer: Cloud Pipelines & Data Quality

Peraton; Beltsville (MD); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life

Health savings account

Short/long term disability

401(k)

Paid time off (PTO)

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Junior Data Engineer to support the DSCM program, onboarding and maintaining the CEDN cloud-based platform for cybersecurity data processing and distribution.

Responsibilities include configuring data pipelines, automating ingestion, data-quality checks, and integrating outputs with analytics platforms like Splunk Cloud, Power BI, and Tableau. Hybrid role; local to Beltsville, MD or Washington DC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical field; plus 1–2 years of experience.
• Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Possess or obtain certifications: CCNA Security, CEH, CISSP, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+ CE, CND, or SSCP.
• Foundational experience with data engineering, data integration, ETL/ELT, application integration, or log-management technologies.
• Working knowledge of Python and SQL.
• Familiarity with JSON, CSV, XML, syslog, and API-delivered data.
• Understanding of databases, data lakes, data pipelines, schemas, metadata, and data lifecycle concepts.
• Basic knowledge of cloud computing and cloud storage services.
• Ability to document configurations, testing results, data mappings, technical procedures, and operational issues clearly.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate while managing multiple assignments and deadlines.
• Ability to learn new platforms through hands-on work, training, and mentorship.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active Secret security clearance, with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Onboard and maintain the CEDN environment for cybersecurity data processing and distribution.
• Configure data pipelines; automate ingestion workflows; perform data-quality checks.
• Integrate CEDN outputs with Splunk Cloud, ServiceNow, Power BI, Tableau and other platforms.
• Collaborate with system owners, cybersecurity analysts, architects, and engineers to define data sources and downstream uses.
• Build and maintain automation using Python, SQL, and scripting for ingestion, transformation, validation and reporting.
• Monitor pipeline health, data quality, and performance; troubleshoot ingestion, schema, and latency issues.
• Develop onboarding documentation: checklists, data-flow diagrams, interface docs, test plans, SOPs, troubleshooting guides.
• Provide knowledge transfer and basic guidance to data owners and platform users.
• Operate within change-management, configuration-management, security authorization, and SDLC processes.
• Work with senior data engineers, security engineers, data scientists, and mission stakeholders to translate needs into reliable data products.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

ETL/ELT

Problem solving

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / related field

Tools

Cribl

Databricks

Delta Lake

Spark

Python

SQL

JSON

CSV

XML

syslog

Splunk Cloud

ServiceNow

Power BI

Tableau

Git

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Azure

Azure Data Lake Storage

Job description

Peraton seeks a Junior Data Engineer to support the DSCM program, onboarding and maintaining the CEDN cloud-based platform for cybersecurity data processing and distribution.

Responsibilities include configuring data pipelines, automating ingestion, data-quality checks, and integrating outputs with analytics platforms like Splunk Cloud, Power BI, and Tableau. Hybrid role; local to Beltsville, MD or Washington DC.