Security-Cleared Data Engineer: Scalable Pipelines

SMX; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 115,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid leave

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

SMX is hiring a Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize data systems at scale for collection, storage, access, and analytics. You will transform raw information into high-quality, accessible data pipelines and collaborate with analytics and business teams to support data-driven decisions.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Data Engineering and 8 years of data engineering or backend software experience, plus an active Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 8 years of professional experience in a data engineering or backend software engineering role.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and data query creation.
• Experience with data modeling, data migration, and ETL functions.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to interface with customers.

Responsibilities

• Create data pipelines that convert raw data into formats usable by data scientists, data-centric applications, and other data consumers.
• Make data available, accessible, and secure to stakeholders.
• Ensure data pipelines meet Service Level Agreements and performance standards.
• Monitor data repositories and data pipelines to ensure operational efficiency and take action to address and resolve problems.
• Implement orchestration and automation solution for data pipelines.

Skills

SQL

Data modeling

ETL

Communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IT/Data Engineering)

Tools

Databricks

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SMX is hiring a Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize data systems at scale for collection, storage, access, and analytics. You will transform raw information into high-quality, accessible data pipelines and collaborate with analytics and business teams to support data-driven decisions.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Data Engineering and 8 years of data engineering or backend software experience, plus an active Secret clearance.