Senior Data Engineer - Secure Cloud & Data Platforms

The MITRE Corporation; Aberdeen (MD); On-site; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

The MITRE Corporation is actively seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and operate secure data platforms and pipelines supporting national security missions. You will work on batch and streaming data solutions, data modeling, governance, and scalable architectures in cloud and on-prem environments.

You will collaborate with DoD sponsors and industry partners, mentor engineers, and contribute to applied research and publications as appropriate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field with 8 years of experience.
• Advanced proficiency with data engineering including distributed processing, cloud data platforms, ETL, data modeling, and governance.
• Active Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret/SCI; U.S. citizenship required.
• Minimum on-site 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines.
• Develop batch and streaming data-processing solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Create data models, schemas, interfaces, and storage architectures that support mission and analytical requirements.
• Evaluate and improve data quality, lineage, governance, access controls, and secure data-handling practices.
• Translate sponsor and stakeholder needs into technical requirements and practical engineering solutions.
• Diagnose complex system, performance, reliability, and data-quality problems.
• Lead technical workstreams or complex projects involving multiple contributors, dependencies, risks, and stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and transfer technical knowledge across teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

Distributed data processing

Data modeling

Data governance

Cloud platforms

ETL orchestration

Batch & streaming

Data pipelines

Spark

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree in CS/SE/IT

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Databricks

Apache Spark

Airflow

AWS

Job description

The MITRE Corporation is actively seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and operate secure data platforms and pipelines supporting national security missions. You will work on batch and streaming data solutions, data modeling, governance, and scalable architectures in cloud and on-prem environments.

You will collaborate with DoD sponsors and industry partners, mentor engineers, and contribute to applied research and publications as appropriate.