Senior Data Engineer & PostgreSQL DBA - ETL & Qlik Sense

National Capitol Contracting LLC; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

National Capitol Contracting LLC seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and sustain scalable data pipelines and analytics capabilities in an onsite Norfolk, VA role. You will own enterprise ETL/ELT, PostgreSQL DBA duties, and reporting support across Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau.

You will collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to translate business needs into robust data solutions, ensure data quality, and oversee security and governance practices for enterprise reporting

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance or higher at the time of application.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 9 years of experience in data engineering, database administration, BI, or enterprise analytics.
• Hands-on PostgreSQL DBA experience, including administration, backup/recovery, performance tuning, security management, and optimization.
• Advanced SQL development experience and data transformation logic.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and automated ETL/ELT processes.
• Integrate and transform data from multiple structured and unstructured sources.
• Act as the primary PostgreSQL DBA, covering installation, configuration, maintenance, security, and backup/recovery.
• Develop and maintain PostgreSQL databases, SQL queries, stored procedures, views, indexes, and related objects.
• Perform performance tuning and troubleshooting, including capacity planning and query optimization.
• Build and maintain Python-based solutions for ingestion, validation, and reporting processes.
• Create and maintain enterprise data models and schemas for reporting and BI initiatives.
• Develop, administer, and support Qlik Sense applications, dashboards, data models, and reporting.
• Manage Qlik Sense data connections, reload schedules, security rules, and application performance.
• Support and enhance Power BI, Tableau, Qlik Sense and other enterprise reporting environments.
• Monitor data quality, validate data integrity, and troubleshoot inconsistencies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver scalable solutions.

Skills

Python programming

SQL development

ETL/ELT

PostgreSQL DBA

Qlik Sense

Power BI

Tableau

Data modeling

Data governance

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Qlik Sense

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

National Capitol Contracting LLC seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and sustain scalable data pipelines and analytics capabilities in an onsite Norfolk, VA role. You will own enterprise ETL/ELT, PostgreSQL DBA duties, and reporting support across Qlik Sense, Power BI, and Tableau.

You will collaborate with analysts and stakeholders to translate business needs into robust data solutions, ensure data quality, and oversee security and governance practices for enterprise reporting