Sr. Data Engineer

Amentum; Springfield (VA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

PTO & holidays

401(k) matching

Education reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines supporting analytics, mission operations, and secure data exchanges. You will coordinate with cross‑functional teams, guide technical solutions, and mentor engineers in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities include building robust ETL/ELT architectures, ensuring data quality, and driving agile delivery.

Qualifications

• Design, write, review, and support production code in Python/Scala/Java, with Git, automated testing and CI/CD.
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT architecture, data modeling, data quality, and secure API integrations.
• Ability to own complex data engineering work end-to-end from requirements to production.
• Experience delivering scalable production data pipelines across structured and unstructured data.
• Experience designing API connectors and ingestion patterns for enterprise apps and external services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to explain tradeoffs.
• Experience collaborating with analytics, data science, product, security, and mission teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines for analytics and mission operations.
• Design and oversee API connectors that securely ingest data from internal platforms and external services.
• Set data processing, storage, and DB performance approaches to meet scale and latency needs.
• Establish and improve data quality, validation, monitoring, and governance across production data products.
• Partner with mission stakeholders, analysts, architects, and product teams to define requirements and guide technical solutions.
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of complex data integration and production performance incidents.
• Coordinate with security and compliance teams to build protections into data systems.
• Maintain architecture and operational documentation and mentor engineers through design discussions and code reviews.
• Contribute to Agile planning and delivery, helping the team break down work and manage dependencies.
• Evaluate platform and tooling choices, explain tradeoffs, and recommend improvements to data architecture.

Skills

Python/Scala/Java

ETL/ELT architecture

Data modeling

Data quality & governance

API integrations

Production data pipelines

Data security practices

Mentoring engineers

Agile collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or related field + 5-8 years of relevant experience

Master's degree related + at least 3 years of relevant experience

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Purpose and Impact

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will support an exciting National Security mission to position NGA to be the enterprise and community GEOINT data provider, improving the way analysts, customers, and end users access, discover, stage, link, produce, re-integrate, and deliver intelligence. You will guide technical decisions, work across mission and engineering teams, and improve cloud-based data platforms.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will support an exciting National Security mission to position NGA to be the enterprise and community GEOINT data provider, improving the way analysts, customers, and end users access, discover, stage, link, produce, re-integrate, and deliver intelligence. You will guide technical decisions, work across mission and engineering teams, and improve cloud-based data platforms.

Work Schedule

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm hybrid role with minimum 2-3 days weekly onsite.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for analytics, reporting, and mission operations
• Design and oversee API connectors and integrations that ingest data securely from internal platforms and external services
• Set engineering approaches for data processing, storage, and database performance to meet scale, reliability, and latency needs
• Establish and improve data quality, validation, monitoring, and governance practices across production data products
• Partner with mission stakeholders, analysts, architects, and product teams to define requirements and guide technical solutions
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of complex data integration, pipeline, and production performance incidents
• Coordinate with security and compliance teams to build required protections and controls into data systems
• Maintain architecture and operational documentation, and mentor engineers through design discussions and code reviews
• Contribute to Agile planning and delivery, helping the team break down work and manage technical dependencies
• Evaluate platform and tooling choices, explain tradeoffs, and recommend improvements to data architecture and engineering practices

Minimum Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Demonstrated ability to design, write, review, and support production code in Python, Scala, Java, or a comparable language, using Git, automated testing, and CI/CD practices
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT architecture, data modeling, data quality, and secure API integrations, including troubleshooting authentication and data exchange issues
• Strong engineering judgment and experience selecting data architectures and patterns for complex, evolving datasets
• Experience delivering and operating scalable production data pipelines across structured, semi-structured, or unstructured data
• Experience designing API connectors and ingestion patterns that integrate enterprise applications and external services
• Ability to own complex data engineering work from requirements and design through production operation, improving reliability and data quality
• Experience leading technical collaboration with analytics, data science, product, security, or mission teams and mentoring other engineers
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs

Clearance Required

• Active TS/SCI to start; with ability to gain and maintain a Poly

Minimum Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a related field plus 5-8 years of relevant experience; or a related master’s degree plus at least 3 years of relevant experience

Minimum Years of Experience

• At least 5 years with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 3 years with a related master’s degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of metadata standards
• Knowledge and experience with Search tools, Search results organization and the implications of metadata organization, indexing, catalog content
• Experience in GIS-related applications

Compliance and Safety

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and compliant work environment, Amentum is a drug-free workplace and requires all personnel to comply with company drug and alcohol policies as a condition of employment. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the drug screening process. Please note that this may include pre-hire screening for marijuana, as well as other federally controlled substances due to Amentum’s role as a federal contractor and trusted partner to the US Government.

Safety

Amentum enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment. As appropriate, each employee is responsible for completing all training requirements and fulfilling all self-aid/buddy aid responsibilities, participating in emergency response tasks and serving on safety committees and teams.

Quality

Quality is the foundation for the management of our business and the keystone to our goal of customer satisfaction. It is our policy to consistently provide services that meet customer expectations. Accordingly, each employee must conform to the Amentum Quality Policy and carry out job activities in compliance with applicable Amentum Quality System documents and customer contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer Satisfaction responsibilities.

Qualified Applicants

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Procedure Compliance

Each employee must read, understand and implement the general and specific operational, safety, quality and environmental requirements of all plans, procedures and policies pertaining to his/her job.

Compensation Details

$180,000 - $220,000

The compensation range or hourly rate listed for this position is provided as a good-faith estimate of what the company intends to offer for this role at the time this posting was issued. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as job responsibilities, education, experience, skills, internal equity, market data, applicable collective bargaining agreements, and relevant laws.

Benefits Overview

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Note: Benefits may vary based on employment type, location, and applicable agreements. Positions governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA), or other employment contracts may include different provisions/benefits.

Original Posting

11/10/2026 - Until Filled

Amentum anticipates this job requisition will remain open for at least three days, with a closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting. This timeline may change based on business needs.

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