SME - Data Engineer

VTG Defense; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

VTG Defense in Herndon, VA is seeking a motivated Data Engineer to support our cyber analytics missions. The role focuses on building and maintaining secure data pipelines in Python, ensuring data integrity from collection to ingestion, and delivering normalized data to analysts and data scientists.

You will work with REST APIs, JSON/XML/CSV formats, Bash/Linux tools, and Git, with an active TS/SCI clearance required. The position offers challenging, mission-focused work in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI With Poly Required.
• 5+ years' experience with software development in Python
• Experience with data engineering
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, ETL processes, and ingestion workflows
• Experience with Git/GitHub or similar version control systems
• Experience with common data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, and other structured or semi-structured data
• Experience working with Bash, Linux, and command-line tools

Responsibilities

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain resilient data pipelines using Python.
• Develop and support complex data solutions, including data transformation, validation, and quality controls
• Integrate data from a variety of internal and external sources, including REST APIs, flat files, and structured/semi-structured formats
• Ensure data is available, accessible, reliable, and securely handled to meet stakeholder and operational needs
• Test, troubleshoot, and validate data movement, parsing, and transformation code across development and production environments
• Provide platform and production support, including debugging, root cause analysis, issue resolution, and ongoing maintenance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data products and help end users understand and effectively use analytics environments

Skills

Python

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Version control (Git)

JSON/XML/CSV formats

Bash/Linux CLI

TS/SCI With Poly

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

Git/GitHub

Job description

Overview

Seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Data Engineer to join our team in Herndon VA. The Data Engineer will leverage their expertise with Python to support the customer's data pipelines and related applications, from collection to ingestion, and ensure the integrity and security of data systems. You will play a critical role in delivering relevant and actionable cyber data to the right customers in a format that is normalized and actionable by cyber analysts and data scientists.

What will you do?

• Design, build, optimize, and maintain resilient data pipelines using Python, with a focus on data collection, ingestion, ETL, and analytics
• Develop and support complex data solutions, including data transformation, validation, and quality controls
• Integrate data from a variety of internal and external sources, including REST APIs, flat files, and structured/semi-structured formats
• Ensure data is available, accessible, reliable, and securely handled to meet stakeholder and operational needs
• Test, troubleshoot, and validate data movement, parsing, and transformation code across development and production environments
• Provide platform and production support, including debugging, root cause analysis, issue resolution, and ongoing maintenance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver data products and help end users understand and effectively use analytics environments

Do you have what it takes?

• Active TS/SCI With Poly Required.
• High School Diploma and 5+ years' experience with software development in Python
• Experience with data engineering
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, ETL processes, and ingestion workflows
• Experience with Git/GitHub or similar version control systems
• Experience with common data formats such as JSON, XML, CSV, and other structured or semi-structured data
• Experience working with Bash, Linux, and command-line tools in a development or production environment

PayRange: VTG's estimated starting pay range is $180,000-$230,000 annually, which is a general guideline for the geographic location. When extending an offer, VTG also considers work experience, education, skill level, market considerations and may possibly include contractual requirements which may cause an offer to fall outside of this range.