Remote Junior Data Engineer: ETL & Data Quality

Royper Royco LLC; United States; Remote; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to support ETL pipeline implementation, data quality validation, and database operations on a federal data migration program. This fully remote role collaborates with a Database Engineer SME to implement transformation logic, execute ingestion workflows, and support production migration activities.

The team ensures data quality, RBAC controls, and governance while leveraging Databricks and Delta Live Tables in a cloud environment.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required; ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.
• 1+ years of database engineering experience with hands-on ETL development.
• Experience with Databricks, Delta Live Tables, or equivalent cloud ETL frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Python, Scala, or equivalent).
• Experience with data quality validation, RBAC configuration, and database performance testing.

Responsibilities

• Support the Database Engineer SME in implementing ETL pipeline transformation logic, data quality checks, and schema validation rules.
• Execute prototype data ingestion workflows, running representative data through ETL pipelines and evaluating results against quality criteria.
• Document data quality defects in the Defect and Risk Log, including severity classification, root cause analysis, and remediation recommendations.
• Support the Prototype Ingest Results Report by documenting database-layer ingestion outcomes, data quality defects, severity classifications, and remediation recommendations for each prototype ingestion cycle.
• Populate and maintain the Metadata and Authoritative Source Registry, researching and documenting data source attributes, refresh cadences, and data stewardship contacts.
• Support database performance testing prior to production cutover, executing query performance benchmarks and identifying optimization opportunities.
• Implement and validate RBAC configurations on all database objects.
• Support interoperability testing by providing test datasets, executing database-layer test cases, and documenting results.
• Maintain all database scripts and pipeline code in the version-controlled repository.
• Support post-migration data validation during production cutover

Skills

SQL proficiency

Python/Scala scripting

Data quality validation

RBAC configuration

ETL development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Databricks

Delta Live Tables

Cloud ETL frameworks

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Junior Data Engineer to support ETL pipeline implementation, data quality validation, and database operations on a federal data migration program. This fully remote role collaborates with a Database Engineer SME to implement transformation logic, execute ingestion workflows, and support production migration activities.

The team ensures data quality, RBAC controls, and governance while leveraging Databricks and Delta Live Tables in a cloud environment.