Remote DoD Data Cloud Engineer - Secret Clearance

Piper Companies; Fort Meade (MD); Remote; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Data Cloud Engineer to support a long-term federal modernization program focused on secure DoD data solutions. This fully remote role is based out of Fort Meade, VA and requires an active Secret clearance.

The engineer will modernize enterprise data infrastructure, build scalable data pipelines, and enable reliable access for analytics, reporting, and decision-making across the DoD environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing and operating scalable data pipelines in cloud environments.
• Hands-on PySpark development and Spark SQL optimization required.
• Experience with structured and unstructured data ingestion and full/incremental loads.
• Strong data quality, governance, monitoring, and security practices.
• Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines with PySpark and Spark SQL optimization.
• Build scalable pipelines using Azure Synapse, Databricks, AWS Glue, and related cloud tech.
• Develop ingestion frameworks for structured and unstructured data (JSON, REST, flat files).
• Implement full/incremental loads including CDC and late-arriving data.
• Maintain cloud data lakes, warehouses, and analytics-ready datasets for enterprise reporting.

Skills

PySpark

Spark SQL

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

Azure Synapse

Databricks

AWS Glue

Redshift

S3

Data Governance

CI/CD

Security Compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

AWS Glue

Redshift

S3

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks a Data Cloud Engineer to support a long-term federal modernization program focused on secure DoD data solutions. This fully remote role is based out of Fort Meade, VA and requires an active Secret clearance.

The engineer will modernize enterprise data infrastructure, build scalable data pipelines, and enable reliable access for analytics, reporting, and decision-making across the DoD environment.