Senior Data Engineer

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC is seeking a Data Engineer in Oklahoma City to design and build secure, reliable data pipelines. The role involves creating data foundations for analytics and implementing secure workflows. Candidates should have over 5 years of data engineering experience and strong skills in SQL and Python. U.S. Citizenship is required, and the candidate must be capable of obtaining a Top Secret security clearance. Experience with AWS and data modeling is preferred. Join a team focused on impactful data solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering experience.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Strong written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build batch and streaming data pipelines across structured and unstructured sources.
• Design data models, validation checks, lineage patterns, and quality controls.
• Implement secure ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability workflows.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

ETL/ELT

Orchestration

Observability

Access control

Tools

AWS

Job description

Design and build secure, reliable data pipelines that turn raw operational sources into usable intelligence.

Impact

• Create the data foundation for analytics, AI workflows, and decision systems.
• Build pipelines that handle changing schemas, incomplete data, and strict security requirements.
• Help teams trust the data they use to make operational decisions.

What you'll do

• Build batch and streaming data pipelines across structured and unstructured sources.
• Design data models, validation checks, lineage patterns, and quality controls.
• Implement secure ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and observability workflows.
• Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and mission-facing teams.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of data engineering experience.
• Strong SQL, Python, and production ETL/ELT experience.
• Experience with data modeling, orchestration, observability, and access control.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.

Hiring note

Anautics evaluates candidates based on role-relevant skills, judgment, ownership, and ability to work in high-trust environments. AWS and AI experience are strong pluses across this hiring plan.