Senior Data Engineer

Arlington, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Senior Data Engineer

General Information

Requisition # 657

Locations USA-VA-Arlington

Posting Date 02/10/2025

Security Clearance Required - Public Trust

Remote Type Remote

Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

Elder Research Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seeks a motivated career and customer-oriented Senior Data Engineer. The Senior Data Engineer will lead the design construction and optimization of scalable data pipelines and services that support advanced analytics and machine learning solutions. This role focuses on data quality performance and interoperability within modern cloud environments advancing strategic initiatives such as Sentinel-driven product safety analytics. The engineer will deliver secure efficient and reproducible data workflows that enable predictive modeling real-time monitoring and actionable insights.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Data Pipeline Engineering & Cloud Integration
- Design develop and optimize production-grade ETL workflows using Python and Microsoft-based frameworks to ingest transform and validate large-scale structured and unstructured data.
- Implement schema enforcement data validation and quality checks to maintain integrity across diverse sources while optimizing pipelines for performance scalability and fault tolerance using cloud-native and open-source patterns.
- Architect and manage Azure-based data solutions including Data Lake Storage Azure SQL and Python-accessible cloud storage ensuring secure API and service integration.
- Design and deploy workflow orchestration with Azure Data Factory or Foundry for scheduling monitoring and automation.
Advanced Technical Development & Services
- Build Python-based data services using Pandas PyTorch and other open-source frameworks for high-performance processing.
- Develop API endpoints and microservices to enable interoperability with analytics and ML platforms
- Implement logging monitoring and performance tuning to ensure robust operational reliability.
Collaboration Governance & Agile Delivery
- Partner with data scientists analysts and cloud architects to deliver clean reliable data for predictive modeling and real-time dashboards.
- Apply data governance best practices to ensure compliance reproducibility and auditability across workflows.
- Contribute to Agile team processes driving iterative improvements collaborative problem-solving and continuous enhancement of data delivery.

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience & Core Skills
- 5 years developing and deploying advanced statistical and machine learning models or supporting data pipelines for such models.
- Proficient in Python (Pandas required; scikit-learn NumPy PyTorch TensorFlow and related libraries preferred) and strong SQL skills for integrating relational data.
- Hands-on experience in cloud environments (Azure); Microsoft Data Engineer certification advantageous.
Technical Expertise & Implementation
- Build production-grade data pipelines and ETL workflows using Python and Microsoft technologies including Azure Data Lake Storage and Azure SQL.
- Ensure data validation schema enforcement and quality assurance while developing APIs within the Microsoft ecosystem.
- Optimize performance implement logging and monitoring and deploy Python-based data services at scale.
- Design and manage workflow orchestration with Azure Data Factory to automate monitor and streamline data operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience in Data Science Computer Science Statistics Engineering or a related field.
Familiarity with data engineering patterns for building scalable secure systems in regulated environments.

Clearance Requirements:

Current Public Trust Desired
Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance prior to starting this position.

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Senior Data EngineerGeneral InformationRequisition # 657Locations USA-VA-Arlington Posting Date 02/10/2025Security Clearance Required - Public TrustRemote Type RemoteTime Type Full time Description & Requirements Elder Research Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of MANTECH international Corporation seek...