Senior IC Mission Data Innovation Engineer

MITRE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE’s National Intelligence Division seeks an Intelligence Community Mission Data Innovation Engineer at the Senior level to serve as the technical lead for a sponsor directorate. You will provide hands-on data engineering, modernization expertise, and shape practical technical efforts across data, analytics, integration, and operational decision-support.

The role requires moving between directorate priorities and workflow analysis, developing Python-based prototypes, and guiding architecture

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in data integration, pipelines, or modernization.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, or modernizing data integration solutions.
• Strong proficiency with Python and SQL for data processing.
• Experience with ETL/ELT, APIs, batch processing, data modeling, and schema design.
• Active Top Secret/SCI/Poly clearance; U.S. citizen; on-site 4 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for a sponsor directorate, providing hands-on leadership across data modernization and operational decision-support.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate priorities into implementable engineering requirements and approaches.
• Assess data, systems, interfaces, architectures, and workflows to identify challenges.
• Design and implement data ingestion, transformation, and automation across environments.
• Lead Python-based prototypes and proofs of concept to evaluate feasibility.
• Establish engineering practices and data visualization standards for data quality and usability.
• Develop technical strategy and architecture recommendations for the directorate.

Skills

Python scripting

SQL proficiency

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

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

Tools

Python

SQL

APIs

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Schema design

CI/CD

Job description

MITRE’s National Intelligence Division seeks an Intelligence Community Mission Data Innovation Engineer at the Senior level to serve as the technical lead for a sponsor directorate. You will provide hands-on data engineering, modernization expertise, and shape practical technical efforts across data, analytics, integration, and operational decision-support.

The role requires moving between directorate priorities and workflow analysis, developing Python-based prototypes, and guiding architecture