Data Engineer

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. In this role, you will influence how data is designed, governed, moved, and leveraged across critical customer environments. This is an opportunity for an engineer who loves solving complex data problems, thrives in a collaborative environment, and wants to build scalable pipelines and platforms that accelerate outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, build, and optimize secure, scalable, and automated data pipelines across structured and unstructured sources


• Design and maintain data models, warehouse schemas, and metadata structures to support analytics, reporting, and decision-making


• Lead development of ETL/ELT workflows using modern tools, frameworks, and cloud-based technologies


• Partner with Data Scientists and Software Engineers to prepare, cleanse, transform, and annotate data for use cases


• Design and implement advanced table structures, indexing strategies, and performance optimizations for large-scale datasets


• Evaluate and integrate third-party tools, APIs, and open-source libraries for text extraction, transformation, and automation


• Develop and enhance Python-based data extraction and processing utilities (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, etc.)


• Create and maintain relational data structures and loading routines to support analytical workloads


• Produce real-time and ad-hoc dashboards, metrics, and operational reports to answer mission-critical questions


• Support and mature data governance and metadata cataloging


• Document data architectures, pipelines, infrastructure, and automation patterns


• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and technical prioritization


• Provide technical mentorship and knowledge-sharing to engineering teammates and mission stakeholders

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or similar technical roles


• Proficiency in Python, including custom script development and leveraging external packages / APIs


• Experience extracting text and structured data from multiple formats (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, JSON, etc.)


• Strong experience with SQL development, query optimization, and performance tuning (Oracle strongly preferred)


• Proven experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows


• Hands-on experience with regular expressions, data parsing, cleansing, and transformation logic


• Experience designing and modifying data schemas, relational models, and ingestion patterns


• Familiarity with data warehousing, metadata management, and data modeling best practices


• Experience using version control systems (e.g., Git/GitHub)


• Ability to communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences


• US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.

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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00

Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates.

At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits.