Junior Data Engineer (TS/SCI) - Secure Data Pipelines

Vantor Holdings, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Mental health resources

Student loan repayment assistance

Adoption reimbursement

Pet insurance

Job summary

Vantor Holdings, Inc. is seeking a motivated Junior Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines for a large-scale analytics platform supporting a U.S. Government client.

You will contribute to data ingestion, transformation, and integration, helping ensure data quality, reliability, and security in a mission-focused environment. The role involves collaboration with engineers, data scientists, and government stakeholders, with on-site work required and opportunities to grow

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance (willing to obtain CI poly).
• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field with 1–4 years of relevant experience in data engineering or software development.
• Experience in data engineering, software development, or related technical discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot data ingestion, transformation, and integration pipelines for large-scale data analytics.
• Support integration and processing of structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from diverse sources using distributed processing technologies.
• Assist with deployment, configuration, monitoring, and optimization of data engineering components in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid environments.
• Implement data validation, quality assurance, and monitoring to ensure data accuracy and processing efficiency.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and government stakeholders to translate data requirements into technical solutions; document workflows and designs.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, engineering or related technical field

Tools

Elasticsearch

OpenShift

PostgreSQL

Apache NiFi

Spark

Kafka

Hadoop

Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Vantor Holdings, Inc. is seeking a motivated Junior Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines for a large-scale analytics platform supporting a U.S. Government client.

You will contribute to data ingestion, transformation, and integration, helping ensure data quality, reliability, and security in a mission-focused environment. The role involves collaboration with engineers, data scientists, and government stakeholders, with on-site work required and opportunities to grow