Senior Data Engineer
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Job Location:
Alexandria - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10-09-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Work Environment: Hybrid
Clearance Required: Secret
Knowesis Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Senior Data Engineer to support the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). This key technical role will lead the design development and optimization of data pipelines architectures and analytics platforms that enable secure scalable and mission-aligned data operations across the enterprise. The Senior Data Engineer will collaborate closely with program leadership cybersecurity teams and business analysts to ensure data integrity accessibility and performance. This role demands a deep understanding of modern data engineering practices cloud-native technologies and federal data governance standards.
The DoD OIG mission is to detect and deter fraud waste and abuse in DoD programs and operations; promote the economy efficiency and effectiveness of the DoD; and help ensure ethical conduct throughout the DoD. The DoD OIG keeps the Secretary of Defense and the Congress informed of fraud waste abuse and program deficiencies identified through its oversight work. The DoD OIGs administrative and criminal investigators auditors evaluators and support staff operate globally conducting investigations audits evaluations and mission support activities to accomplish the DoD OIGs mission. The DoD OIG OCIO is responsible for installing maintaining operating and supporting all DoD OIG Information Technology (IT) systems and communication capabilities for approximately 2000 end users and over 60 locations around the globe. Due to the independence of the DoD OIG the OCIO provides the full spectrum of IT services necessary to support the OIG mission including database support storage management transition management application services mobile device management IT asset management domain services network transport and service desk.
To be eligible for this position candidates must possess U.S. Citizenship without the need for sponsorship both now and in the future. Applicants without proof of U.S. Citizenship will not be considered due to the positions security clearance requirements.
The Job Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Design build and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes to support enterprise reporting analytics and operational systems.
- Develop and optimize data architectures that ensure scalability performance and security across structured and unstructured datasets.
- Implement data integration solutions that align with DoD OIG OCIOs modernization goals and support cross-functional interoperability.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and data models.
- Ensure compliance with federal data governance privacy and security standards including FISMA NIST and DoD directives.
- Support the development of dashboards reports and visualizations by enabling clean well-structured data delivery to downstream systems.
- Conduct data profiling cleansing and validation to maintain high data quality and reliability.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior data engineers and analysts.
- Document data flows architecture diagrams and operational procedures to support transparency and continuity.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning backlog grooming and iterative delivery cycles.
- Identify opportunities for automation performance tuning and cost optimization across data platforms.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited University or College in Computer Science Data Science Information Systems.
- Minimum 8 years experience in strategic and operations planning and/or business analysis
- Minimum 8 years experience in at least three disciplines such as business information solution or technical architecture application development middleware information analysis database management or operations in a multitier environment
- Proficiency in SQL Python and/or Scala for data manipulation and pipeline development.
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) and associated data services (e.g. Redshift Snowflake Databricks BigQuery).
- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts dimensional modeling and real-time data streaming.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and DevOps practices.
- Experience supporting federal or DoD programs with knowledge of applicable data security and compliance frameworks.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders..
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with tools such as Apache Spark Kafka Airflow or similar orchestration frameworks.
- Knowledge of CMMI ITIL and Agile delivery models in federal environments.
- Familiarity with data visualization platforms (e.g. Power BI Tableau) and business intelligence workflows.
- Prior experience supporting system modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
- Certifications in cloud architecture data engineering or Agile methodologies.
- Experience supporting federal or DoD programs.
- Masters degree in Computer Science Data Science Information Systems.
Benefits:
- Health (PPO & HDHP) Paid Time Off
- Company Paid STD & LTD and Basic Life Insurance
- 401k Company Match
- Paid Time Off
- Multiple Voluntary Products
Knowesis is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on merit and qualifications. We prohibit discrimination in all aspects of employment as required by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other applicable federal laws. Our company values all applicants and employees and fosters a work environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
