Senior Data Engineer — TS/SCI CI Poly

The Bison Group; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Bison Group in Springfield, VA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support a National Security mission, advancing NGA as the enterprise GEOINT data provider. You will guide technical decisions, architect and operate cloud-based data platforms, and collaborate across mission and engineering teams.

You will lead scalable data pipelines, API integrations, and data governance while mentoring engineers and contributing to Agile delivery. A TS/SCI CI Poly clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Design, write, review, and support production code in Python/Scala/Java with CI/CD practices.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, data modeling, data quality, and secure API integrations.
• Strong judgment selecting data architectures for complex datasets.
• Experience delivering scalable data pipelines across various data types.
• Own data engineering work from requirements to production operation and mentor others.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to explain tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Design and oversee API connectors and integrations ingesting data securely from internal and external sources.
• Set data processing, storage, and performance standards to meet scale and latency needs.
• Establish and improve data quality, validation, monitoring, and governance across production data products.
• Coordinate with security/compliance, mentor engineers, and contribute to Agile planning.
• Lead resolution of complex data integration and production performance incidents.

Skills

Python

Scala

Java

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Data quality

API integrations

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

API security

Job description

The Bison Group in Springfield, VA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support a National Security mission, advancing NGA as the enterprise GEOINT data provider. You will guide technical decisions, architect and operate cloud-based data platforms, and collaborate across mission and engineering teams.

You will lead scalable data pipelines, API integrations, and data governance while mentoring engineers and contributing to Agile delivery. A TS/SCI CI Poly clearance is required.