Senior Data Engineer - Lead Data Pipelines & ETL (TS/SCI)

Iron EagleX, Inc.; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Iron EagleX, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Engineer to lead the backend data engineering team supporting the Intelligence Data Science Team (IDST) for SOCOM at MacDill AFB, Florida.

The role emphasizes designing scalable data solutions, managing ETL/ELT pipelines, and deploying applications with Docker in AWS/Azure/GCP environments. Strong Python, SQL, and Spark skills are highly desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of related experience.
• Current DoW TS/SCI clearance is required.
• Experience leading data engineering teams and projects.
• On-site 5 days a week at MacDill AFB, Florida.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable and scalable SQL databases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate client requirements into solutions using Python, Java, Kafka, Hive, R, or Storm.
• Oversee cloud-based database platforms and security controls.
• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines to support analytics.
• Create API endpoints using Flask or FastAPI for accessing CAI/PAI/classified data.
• Lead complex data engineering projects and mentor junior staff.

Skills

API Integration

Data Engineering

Data ETL

Git

People Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm charts

GitLab

Postgres

Elasticsearch

Python

SQL

Job description

Iron EagleX, Inc. is seeking a senior Data Engineer to lead the backend data engineering team supporting the Intelligence Data Science Team (IDST) for SOCOM at MacDill AFB, Florida.

The role emphasizes designing scalable data solutions, managing ETL/ELT pipelines, and deploying applications with Docker in AWS/Azure/GCP environments. Strong Python, SQL, and Spark skills are highly desirable.