ME00580-Data/Systems Engineer

Momentum Engineering; Maryland; On-site; USD 170,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

11 paid holidays

Minimum of 3 weeks PTO

Company-sponsored medical plan

Company-paid dental and vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term/long-term disability plans

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Maryland is seeking a Data/Systems Engineer to support mission-critical environments. The engineer will design, integrate, and sustain compliant dataflow solutions while providing technical leadership throughout the systems engineering lifecycle. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree and at least 20 years of experience with active Top Secret/SCI clearance. The role offers a competitive salary range from $170,000 to $235,000 per year along with extensive benefits such as paid time off and medical plans.

Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.
• 20 years' experience in relevant fields.
• Experience in defining and documenting system interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and integrate secure dataflow solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across systems engineering lifecycle.
• Utilize tools such as Apache NiFi for data processing.

Skills

Data engineering

Systems engineering

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Linux environments

Apache NiFi

Data transformation

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MySQL

NoSQL

Job description

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee‑centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. The team includes professionals with security clearances and full‑scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, the workforce is equipped with industry‑leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, the exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long‑term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.

Job Summary

• Seeking a Data/Systems Engineer to support a mission‑critical environment by designing, integrating, and sustaining secure, compliant dataflow and system solutions
• This role combines systems engineering, data engineering, and compliance expertise to enable reliable data ingestion, transformation, and routing across enterprise platforms
• The engineer provides technical direction across the full systems engineering lifecycle, ensuring solutions align with legal, policy, and compliance directives while supporting evolving mission data requirements

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and integrate secure, compliant dataflow solutions aligned with legal, policy, and mission directives
• Provide technical leadership across the full systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, and sustainment
• Define system interfaces, including data origination, destination, stimulus, and data characteristics
• Develop and implement data engineering solutions to support ingestion, transformation, and routing of enterprise data
• Analyze and work with IC‑provided datasets to identify, map, and model data transformation routines
• Document and maintain data flows, routing logic, and system interfaces to support enterprise data repositories
• Utilize tools such as Apache NiFi to support data ingestion, processing, and workflow automation
• Work within Linux environments to develop, deploy, and maintain data solutions
• Interact with data ontologies and schemas, including structured data formats such as XML, CSV, and JSON
• Execute analytic queries and support data analysis across enterprise platforms
• Ensure solutions align with policy, compliance, and data governance requirements

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (MD Customer)
• Bachelor's Degree with 20 years' experience
• Experience planning and integrating secure, compliant systems and dataflow solutions
• Strong background in data engineering and systems engineering principles
• Experience defining and documenting system interfaces and data flows
• Proficiency with Apache NiFi or similar dataflow tools
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Experience working with structured data formats (XML, CSV, JSON)
• Experience with database technologies (MySQL and/or NoSQL)
• Experience performing data mapping, transformation, and ingestion
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) data environments and datasets

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The pay range for this role is: 170,000 - 235,000 USD per year (NBP)