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Data Engineer Databricks Engineer-Senior
Job Location:
Job Location:
Prince Georges County, MD - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 125000 - 178000
Yearly Salary:
Posted:
21 August 2026 (7 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Data Engineer / Databricks Engineer-Senior
| Location | Hybrid - Air National Guard Readiness Center (ANGRC) Joint Base Andrews MD; up to 3 telework days per week. Remote work may be authorized by the Government on an exception basis. Occasional travel may be required. |
| Security Clearance Requirement | Active SECRET security clearance |
Position Summary
Nationwide IT Services NIS is seeking a Senior Data Engineer / Databricks Engineer to design build test deploy optimize and sustain enterprise data pipelines supporting the ANG CDAO data ecosystem for a potential opportunity. The engineer will work primarily with Azure Databricks SQL Python Git-based CI/CD and integrated DoD/DAF/ANG source systems to provide reliable ingestion transformation orchestration data quality monitoring and technical documentation.Key Responsibilities
- Design build test deploy and maintain automated and manual ETL/ELT pipelines supporting approximately 1520 DAF ANG and DoD source systems.
- Implement ingestion patterns for structured unstructured API batch and streaming data; support near-real-time data currency requirements where applicable.
- Develop SQL and Python transformation logic to cleanse standardize deduplicate validate and enrich enterprise data in accordance with CDAO data standards and business rules.
- Build and operate Azure Databricks jobs orchestration sequences triggers and workload schedules while optimizing execution performance and cloud-compute utilization.
- Implement automated data-quality checks reconciliation controls invalid-record quarantine monitoring logging alerting and recoverable error-handling patterns.
- Triage critical pipeline failures perform root-cause analysis and restore service within required response windows.
- Maintain pipeline code configuration infrastructure/deployment scripts and test assets in the official Git repository and execute automated CI/CD build and security testing before release.
- Create and maintain data lineage source-to-target mappings architecture documentation operational runbooks and quarterly technical-documentation updates.
- Support data warehouse/lake administration query optimization Power BI dataflows and secure cross-platform data movement as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrated hands-on experience developing production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks or comparable Spark-based data platforms.
- Advanced SQL and Python skills for data transformation validation automation troubleshooting and performance optimization.
- Experience with batch and streaming ingestion APIs schema management orchestration monitoring data quality and failure recovery.
- Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD practices for data-engineering solutions.
- Knowledge of data warehousing/lakehouse patterns indexing/query optimization access control encryption and secure handling of sensitive/CUI data.
- Must satisfy applicable DoD/DAF security cybersecurity-awareness CUI OPSEC and access-training requirements.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience extracting and transforming data from DAF/DoD systems such as MILPDS DCPDS AFRISS CHRIS CMS CRIS GFEBS DEAMS REMIS AROWS M4S iEMS or Lockheed Martin Tableau.
- Experience integrating Databricks workloads with Palantir Foundry Microsoft Azure Advana/WDP Power BI or AskSage.
Why Join Nationwide IT Services
Nationwide IT Services is a trusted government contractor supporting Department of Defense customers. This role supports the Air National Guard Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) helping sustain and advance enterprise data business intelligence application and AI capabilities that enable faster data-driven mission decisions.Our benefits package includes medical dental and vision insurance life and disability insurance a 401(k) plan with employer match paid holidays PTO (sick/vacation) commuter benefits employee assistance program (EAP) educational reimbursement and pet insurance.
Salary range $125000 to $178000 annually
The salary range is a general guideline. We consider several factors when determining base salary offers including the positions scope and responsibilities the candidates experience education and skills and current market conditions.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
