Site Reliability Data Engineer

Leidos Inc; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Data Engineer to join the SMIT program supporting Navy networks. You will design scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, build data models, and ensure data quality across hybrid environments while aligning with security and compliance requirements.

The role emphasizes resilience, testing, and automated workflows in a mission-critical setting. The candidate will collaborate with analysts, BI developers, and system administrators to deliver reliable data

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. Degree or higher with 4–8 years of relevant experience in data engineering or related technical fields.
• U.S. citizen with DoD Secret clearance and IAT Level II certification.
• Onsite work with ability to be located at Navy bases (San Diego, Hampton Roads, or Jacksonville).
• Hands-on experience building, operating, or supporting enterprise data pipelines, data warehouses, data lakes, or equivalent solutions.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting language (Python) for data extraction, transformation, validation, automation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with ETL/ELT concepts, data modeling, source-to-target mapping, data quality, metadata, and lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating data from relational databases, APIs, flat files, logs, and other sources.
• Knowledge of cloud and on-premises infrastructure, security, and data movement in hybrid environments.
• Ability to diagnose production data issues, analyze logs, and document root causes and corrective actions.
• Ability to work independently and in high-tempo environments with strong technical documentation skills.
• Proficiency with PowerShell, Python, and Ansible; experience with AI-enabled tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines collecting data from enterprise systems, APIs, logs, and databases.
• Build and optimize data models, schemas, views, and curated data sets for analytics and operational reporting.
• Develop data-processing solutions using SQL, Python, and standard release practices with version control and peer reviews.
• Integrate cloud and on-prem data platforms supporting secure data movement, performance, and retention.
• Implement automated data-quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to identify incomplete or failed data flows.
• Troubleshoot pipeline issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Collaborate with analysts, data owners, and stakeholders to define data requirements and mappings.
• Apply data governance, security, privacy, and access controls across the data lifecycle in coordination with cybersecurity teams.
• Support platform upgrades, migrations, and performance tuning with minimal production impact.
• Produce architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, lineage docs, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in Agile planning, reviews, incidents, and after-hours support as needed.

Skills

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Cloud/on-prem

SRE principles

Education

B.S. Degree

Masters

Tools

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

Description

More About the Role:

Leidos is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Data Engineer supporting the largest IT services program for the Navy. Under the Service Management, Integration, and Transport (SMIT) program, the Leidos team delivers the core backbone of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, including cybersecurity services, network operations, service desk, and data transport. Leidos supports the Navy in unifying its shore-based networks and data management to improve capability and service while also saving significant dollars by focusing efforts under one enterprise network.

As part of the SRE organization you will develop and execute tests focused on system resilience, performance underload, and failure scenarios. You will also work in tandem with other Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) and development teams to create automated testing frameworks that simulate real-world conditions that validate system behavior under normal and stress conditions, ensuring our services are resilient and meet established service level objectives (SLOs) The SRE will support the operations and maintenance of the enterprise network. Your work will contribute to the development of robust and scalable services that operate reliably in production.

The Data Engineer designs, builds, integrates, and sustains secure enterprise data solutions that enable reliable analytics, reporting, operational insight, and informed decision-making. The position develops scalable data pipelines, integrates data from diverse sources, improves data quality and availability, and supports cloud and on-premises platforms in a mission-critical environment. The Data Engineer works closely with business intelligence, cybersecurity, infrastructure, application, and program teams to translate operational requirements into governed, supportable, and reusable data products; and will contribute to modernization activities in an Agile/DevOps operating culture.

What You'll Get to Do:

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines that collect, transform, validate, and deliver structured and unstructured data from enterprise systems, applications, APIs, logs, files, and databases.
• Build and optimize data models, schemas, tables, views, and curated data sets that support analytics, business intelligence, operational reporting, and downstream application requirements.
• Develop data-processing solutions using SQL, Python, and other approved technologies; apply reusable engineering patterns, source control, peer review, and documented release practices.
• Integrate cloud and on-premises data platforms while supporting secure data movement, interoperability, availability, retention, and performance across hybrid enterprise environments.
• Implement automated data-quality checks, reconciliation controls, monitoring, alerting, and exception handling to identify incomplete, inaccurate, duplicated, delayed, or failed data flows.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, data discrepancies, performance degradation, access issues, and integration defects; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with analysts, business intelligence developers, data owners, system administrators, and mission stakeholders to define data requirements, source-to-target mappings, transformation rules, service expectations, and acceptance criteria.
• Apply data governance, security, privacy, least-privilege access, auditability, and records-retention requirements throughout the data lifecycle in coordination with cybersecurity and compliance teams.
• Support platform upgrades, data migrations, modernization initiatives, capacity planning, and performance tuning while minimizing disruption to production services.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, lineage documentation, interface specifications, runbooks, standard operating procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Participate in Agile planning, backlog refinement, technical reviews, demonstrations, incident response, and after-hours support activities when required to sustain mission-critical services.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Requires B.S Degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience in data engineering, computer science, information systems, software engineering, mathematics, or a related technical discipline, with at least four years of relevant experience; additional directly related experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and possess an active DoD Secret Security Clearance.
• Must possess and maintain an IAT Level II certification that satisfies applicable DoD cybersecurity workforce requirements.
• Must be located in (or able to work onsite at Navy Base as required) either San Diego, California; the Hampton Roads, Virginia area or Jacksonville, FL
• At least three years of hands‑on experience developing, operating, or supporting production data pipelines, data integrations, data warehouses, data lakes, or comparable enterprise data solutions.
• Demonstrated proficiency with SQL and at least one general-purpose scripting or programming language, such as Python, for data extraction, transformation, validation, automation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with ETL/ELT concepts, relational data structures, data modeling, schema design, source-to-target mapping, data quality, metadata, and lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating data from multiple source types, including relational databases, APIs, flat files, application data, system logs, or message-based interfaces.
• Working knowledge of cloud and on-premises infrastructure concepts, authentication and authorization, network connectivity, encryption, secure file transfer, and service accounts as they relate to data engineering.
• Experience diagnosing production data issues, analyzing logs and metrics, resolving failed jobs or performance problems, and documenting root cause and corrective action.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a high-tempo operational environment, manage competing priorities, communicate technical information clearly, and produce complete technical documentation.
• Working knowledge of PowerShell, Python, and Ansible, with practical familiarity using large language models (LLMs) and AI-enabled tools.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Business intelligence experience, including development or support of dashboards, reports, semantic models, key performance indicators, and self-service analytics solutions; experience with Microsoft Power BI (and associated DAX knowledge) is highly desirable.
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) certification.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure data and analytics services, such as Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Synapse Analytics, Databricks, or comparable cloud data platforms.
• Familiarity with Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), the Risk Management Framework (RMF), vulnerability management processes, system hardening, security controls, and applicable compliance frameworks.
• Experience using automation, configuration‑management, source‑control, or continuous integration and delivery tools such as Ansible, Jenkins, and Bitbucket.
• Experience designing or supporting data solutions in classified, DoD, federal government, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience with modern data‑platform concepts and technologies, including data lakes, lake houses, dimensional modeling, streaming or event-driven data, distributed processing, or containerized workloads.
• Experience implementing data cataloging, lineage, master or reference data, role‑based access controls, audit logging, backup and recovery, and disaster‑recovery practices.
• Relevant technical certifications in Azure, data engineering, database administration, analytics, cloud architecture, or security.
• Strong customer engagement, requirements analysis, technical presentation, mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j) and query languages such as Cypher; modeling entities and relationships as a property graph.
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs, ontologies, or semantic data models and controlled vocabularies.
• Experience with entity resolution / record linkage and reconciling conflicting values across multiple authoritative sources into a single trusted record.

NGEN

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting: August 11, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: $87,100.00 - $157,450.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.