Senior Data Engineer - Mission-Critical Pipelines (TS/SCI)

Kentro

Fayetteville (NC)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) with company match

Education reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

Kentro is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and operate data pipelines and data products supporting United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) EDAT missions. This on-site role is based in Fayetteville, NC, and requires DoD 8140 qualifications with TS/SCI likely.

You will produce trusted datasets for analysts and decision-makers. You will collaborate with mission owners, data scientists, security staff, and system administrators to translate requirements into engineered

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required; 7+ years of professional data engineering experience.
Meets DoD 8140 foundational qualifications for assigned work role (certifications, education, or training).
Strong Python and SQL development skills; experience with PySpark and distributed data processing.

Responsibilities

Design, build, test, and maintain scalable data pipelines (ETL/ELT) in classified and air-gapped environments.
Develop transformation logic in Python, SQL, and PySpark to ingest, clean, normalize, and enrich data.
Integrate data from mission systems into enterprise data platforms.
Establish data lineage, metadata, and cataloging; implement data quality checks and monitoring.