Senior Data Engineer, TS/SCI — AI-Driven Data Platform Lead

SUNAYU; Chevy Chase (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 Medical Plan Options

Dental and Vision

401k plan with up to a 6% match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Sunayu, LLC is seeking a mission-driven Senior Data Engineer to join our high-impact team supporting the NDOC DOMEX technology platform. You will design, develop, and optimize scalable data management pipelines for OSINT and DoW/IC applications, collaborating with government stakeholders to deliver secure, AI-ready data architectures.

Location in Bethesda, MD (Hybrid) with emphasis on Elasticsearch, graph databases, and Kubernetes-based deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field with 12–15 years of relevant experience.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Polygraph.
• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch architecture, index design, mappings, analyzers, and query optimization.
• Graph databases and data modeling for hierarchical and highly connected datasets.
• Large-scale ETL/ELT pipeline development and Kubernetes deployment for stateful data services.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize Elasticsearch indices to efficiently manage large-scale hierarchical classification structures, ensuring high-performance search and updates.
• Design, implement, and maintain a graph data store supporting hierarchical graph structures optimized for large, dense batch updates and high-throughput analytics.
• Develop scalable ingestion pipelines that support scalable graph analytics.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform engineering teams to deploy, operate, and optimize Elasticsearch and graph services in a Kubernetes environment.
• Partner with Data Scientists and AI/ML engineers to ingest, curate, manage, analyze, and securely expunge datasets throughout the data lifecycle.
• Participate in SAFe Agile development activities, including sprint planning, design reviews, architecture discussions, and technical demonstrations.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and professional development within the team.

Skills

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Graph databases

Kubernetes

Python/Java

Data modeling

ETL/ELT pipelines

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Data Engineering or related field

Master’s degree with 10–13 years of experience

Tools

JanusGraph

Neo4j

TigerGraph

Amazon Neptune

Memgraph

Kafka

Job description

Sunayu, LLC is seeking a mission-driven Senior Data Engineer to join our high-impact team supporting the NDOC DOMEX technology platform. You will design, develop, and optimize scalable data management pipelines for OSINT and DoW/IC applications, collaborating with government stakeholders to deliver secure, AI-ready data architectures.

Location in Bethesda, MD (Hybrid) with emphasis on Elasticsearch, graph databases, and Kubernetes-based deployments.