Senior Advana Data Engineer – DoD Pipelines & Governance

KAIROS Inc; Naval Air Station Patuxent River (MD); On-site; USD 155,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

401K Plan with Employer Matching

Paid Time Off

Annual Bonuses

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Community outreach events

Job summary

KAIROS, Inc is seeking a Senior Advana Developer to design, develop, and operate scalable data ingestion and integration pipelines across DoD-adjacent data sources. You will work with data stewards, system owners, and governance teams to ensure data quality, security, and compliance in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with Advana, War Data Platform, and Jupiter, plus a strong DoD background.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, operations research, software engineering, and/or other technical/engineering/mathematical degree fields.
• Experienced platform engineer familiar with DoD NIPR, SIPR, and JWICS architecture.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and data management for DoD and Commercial systems.
• 5 or more years of DoD experience supporting large-scale data engineering, data automation, and application development efforts using Advana and SIPR, SIPR, and/or JWICS environments.
• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams within DoD operating environments.

Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and implement scalable data ingestion and integration solutions from multiple authoritative data sources.
• Technical Collaboration: Work with data stewards, source system owners, data engineers, architects, and governance teams.
• Data Assessment: Analyze new data sources, profile data, map transformations, ensure data quality.
• Technical Compliance: Validate metadata, lineage, access controls, and security requirements.
• Pipeline Operations & Scalability: Monitor pipelines, resolve blockers, and implement reusable automation patterns.

Skills

Advana/Jupiter

Data pipelines

Data governance

DoD data environments

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

DoD experience

5+ years DoD data engineering

Tools

Advana

JWICS

SIPR/NIPR

Job description

KAIROS, Inc is seeking a Senior Advana Developer to design, develop, and operate scalable data ingestion and integration pipelines across DoD-adjacent data sources. You will work with data stewards, system owners, and governance teams to ensure data quality, security, and compliance in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with Advana, War Data Platform, and Jupiter, plus a strong DoD background.