Senior Data Engineer: Defense Data Pipelines & Ontology

Smart Synergies; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Synergies in Fort Belvoir, VA seeks a Senior Data Engineer to own data pipelines, models, and ontology supporting Army acquisition and operations. You will build authoritative data products and ensure data quality, security, and observability across enterprise sources.

You'll collaborate with software engineers, product designers, and stakeholders, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/IS or equivalentpractical experience.
• Eight+ years of experience building production data systems.
• Strong proficiency with Python and SQL.
• Experience designing data pipelines and products on enterprise data platforms.
• Experience with data modeling, ontology, data quality, and lineage.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: testing, source control, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Experience supporting a DoD customer.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products.
• Integrate and transform data from multiple Army and enterprise sources.
• Develop data models and ontology that support applications, reporting, and analysis.
• Design for data quality, lineage, security, observability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.
• Partner with software engineers, product designers, and customer stakeholders.
• Review technical designs, mentor engineers, and resolve complex data challenges.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Data modeling

CI/CD

Testing

Monitoring

Security

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Smart Synergies in Fort Belvoir, VA seeks a Senior Data Engineer to own data pipelines, models, and ontology supporting Army acquisition and operations. You will build authoritative data products and ensure data quality, security, and observability across enterprise sources.

You'll collaborate with software engineers, product designers, and stakeholders, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.