Senior Data Engineer

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Senior Data Engineer

Full Time

Herndon VA 20170 USA

Posted 09/26/2025

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Are you ready to turn complex data into powerful mission insight? We're seeking a Senior Data Engineerat NS2 Missionwith a passion for innovation and impact to join our team inHerndonandChantilly, VA.In this role, you'll design and develop cutting-edge data pipelines, tools, and services that fuel national security and intelligence efforts. From structured logs to unstructured sensor feeds, you'll work across the data spectrum—enabling real-time analytics and supporting high-stakes decision-making.

This isn't just another data role—this is your chance to engineer solutions that truly matter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines using technologies such as Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, Trino, OpenSearch, AWS EMR, NiFi, and Kubernetes containers.
• Ingest and move structured and unstructured data using approved methods into enterprise or local storage systems.
• Create robust ETL processes and perform ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M), enhancements, and documentation aligned with best practices and coding standards.
• Develop tools and scripts to extract data from various repositories, perform required transformations, and format the data into reusable data models for exploration and analysis.
• Collaborate with data scientists and mission stakeholders to analyze source data formats and design appropriate transformations that meet analytical goals.
• Ensure end-to-end data quality, lineage, and security while maintaining metadata to track data provenance and access controls.
• Clean and preprocess data to prepare it for use in advanced analytics, machine learning models, and decision support systems.
• Work with enterprise data governance and working groups to enhance and align with organizational data standards and practices.
• Collaborate with software engineers to update, configure, and maintain integrated data services based on evolving requirements.
• Contribute to the development of documentation for each project, including ETL mappings, user guides, code access instructions, and operational procedures.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proficiency in building and maintaining ETL pipelines using modern data engineering tools and frameworks.
• Strong experience working with cloud-based and containerized environments (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes).
• Deep understanding of working with diverse data types and formats, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Familiarity with data ingestion tools and platforms such as Apache NiFi, Spark, and related open-source technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams, including data scientists, software engineers, data stewards, and mission partners.
• Knowledge of data governance principles, metadata management, and data quality best practices.
• Experience with implementing data privacy and access controls to ensure secure data usage.

Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with an FSP

We win with inclusion

NS2 Mission’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At NS2 Mission, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

NS2 Mission is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with NS2 Mission and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [email protected]" href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[email protected].

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

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Location Herndon, VA, 20170, United States

Categories Data Science

Sec Clearances Top Secret/SCI with Full-scope Polygraph

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Contact Name Cristina McDonell

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Primary Phone (571) 837-0770

Job Code 1339H

Senior Data Engineer