Senior Data Scientist/Engineer and Application Developer

Deloitte is seeking a Data Engineer III to design, develop, and deliver scalable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and business decision-making. This onsite role in Richmond, VA focuses on building reliable data pipelines, strengthening data quality controls, and developing capabilities across the modern data platform, including Microsoft Power Platform applications.

The work spans the data lifecycle, from ingestion and transformation to storage, quality assurance, and delivery of data products. You will partner with internal teams and government stakeholders to clarify requirements, troubleshoot issues, and implement practical solutions that remain secure and user-centered.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, test, and maintain scalable data pipelines and workflows for ingesting, transforming, and delivering structured and unstructured data
• Develop and optimize data models, integration patterns, and storage solutions for analytics, reporting, and operational use cases
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define data requirements, troubleshoot problems, and implement data quality controls
• Work directly with government stakeholders to clarify ambiguous business problems, identify root causes, and translate needs into secure, user-centered solutions
• Design, build, enhance, and maintain solutions across Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and SharePoint

Skills and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a quantitative field
• 3+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows
• 3+ years of experience using SQL, Python, and PySpark for data ingestion, transformation, and automation
• 3+ years of experience monitoring data pipelines, troubleshooting issues, and supporting data quality and system reliability
• 1+ years of experience with Power Platform development across Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and SharePoint
• Ability to travel 10%, on average
• Must possess an active U.S. Secret security clearance and be able to maintain it for the duration of employment and assignment
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field
• 1+ years of experience using Palantir Foundry, including Pipeline Builder and ontology-based data modeling
• 1+ years of experience with data warehousing platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or Amazon Redshift
• 1+ years of experience with version control and continuous integration tools

Technologies you’ll work with

• SQL, Python, PySpark
• Microsoft Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, SharePoint
• ETL, ELT

Team and environment

You will join a team that designs and delivers data engineering solutions to help organizations modernize data platforms and enable analytics, automation, and business insight. The team supports the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, transformation, storage, quality, and delivery of data products, and works with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to build scalable, reliable, and secure solutions.

Location: Richmond, VA (onsite). Salary range: USD 91,100 to 179,500 per year.