Senior Principal Data Engineer — Cloud Data, Dashboards

General Dynamics Information Technology; Fort Bragg (NC); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth

Support

Rewards

401K with company match

Competitive pay

Paid time off

Military-friendly workplace

Job summary

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer to support the USASOC OTA Program. The role combines leadership in data architecture with hands-on delivery in a hybrid Fort Bragg, NC setting.

You will drive cloud-based data solutions, integrate with S3/Block Storage, and lead a team building live dashboards while coordinating with government project management for sprint cadence and status reporting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related experience
• Master’s degree in computer science or related field
• U.S. Citizen status
• Current DoW Secret Clearance
• Experience with SQL databases
• Experience with S3 and Block Storage
• Python scripting experience
• 3-5 years with Presto, Hive, Spark, Flink; Presto/Trino preferred
• 3-5 years with data lake/warehouse architecture, ETL/ELT pipelines
• 3-5 years with workflow engines (Airflow, AWS Step Functions, Prefect)
• 3-5 years in software development, infrastructure, or Cloud operations
• Experience with Linux, UNIX, Windows
• Experience with AWS and Microsoft Azure
• Experience deploying containerized microservices on Kubernetes

Responsibilities

• Apply expertise in cloud-based data architectures to support mission-critical operations.
• Evaluate the current environment and recommend tools spanning on-premises, cloud, and hybrid resources.
• Partner with migration teams to implement strategy and architecture design.
• Serve as Team Lead delivering outputs using live data to build dynamic dashboards.
• Coordinate with a government PM to establish sprint cadence and status dashboards.
• Work in a hybrid schedule: 50% remote / 50% onsite at Fort Bragg.

Job description

General Dynamics Information Technology is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer to support the USASOC OTA Program. The role combines leadership in data architecture with hands-on delivery in a hybrid Fort Bragg, NC setting.

You will drive cloud-based data solutions, integrate with S3/Block Storage, and lead a team building live dashboards while coordinating with government project management for sprint cadence and status reporting.