Sr. Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer role supporting a National Security mission for NGA, guiding cloud data platform architecture and delivery for GEOINT data access.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and operations for scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT supporting analytics, reporting, and mission operations
• Design and oversee API connectors and integrations to ingest data securely from internal platforms and external services
• Define engineering approaches for data processing, storage, and database performance to meet scale, reliability, and latency requirements
• Build and improve data quality, validation, monitoring, and data governance practices for production data products
• Partner with mission stakeholders, analysts, architects, and product teams to define requirements and guide technical solutions
• Diagnose and resolve complex incidents across data integration, pipeline reliability, and production performance
• Coordinate with security and compliance teams to embed required protections and controls into data systems
• Maintain architecture and operational documentation; mentor engineers through design discussions and code reviews
• Contribute to Agile planning and delivery by breaking down work and managing technical dependencies
• Evaluate platform and tooling options, explain tradeoffs, and recommend improvements to data architecture and engineering practices

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to design, write, review, and support production code in Python, Scala, Java, or a comparable language, using Git, automated testing, and CI/CD practices
• Strong experience with ETL/ELT architecture, data modeling, data quality, and secure API integrations, including troubleshooting authentication and data exchange issues
• Strong engineering judgment and experience selecting data architectures and patterns for complex, evolving datasets
• Experience delivering and operating scalable production data pipelines across structured, semi-structured, or unstructured data
• Experience designing API connector and ingestion patterns integrating enterprise applications and external services
• Ability to own complex data engineering efforts end-to-end from requirements and design through production operations, improving reliability and data quality
• Experience leading technical collaboration with analytics, data science, product, security, or mission teams, including mentoring other engineers
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Active TS/SCI to start; ability to gain and maintain a Poly
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, or a related field
• Experience: 5–8 years of relevant experience (bachelor’s plus 5–8 years), or a related master’s plus at least 3 years of relevant experience

Technologies

• Python
• Scala
• Java
• Git
• CI/CD

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of metadata standards
• Knowledge and experience with Search tools, search results organization, and implications of metadata organization, including indexing and catalog content
• Experience in GIS-related applications

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching
• Educational reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tax-saving options
• Disability and life insurance
• Pet insurance

Work Schedule and Location

• Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm
• Remote (hybrid) with minimum 2–3 days per week onsite

Clearance Required

• Active TS/SCI to start; ability to gain and maintain a Poly

Compensation

• USD 180,000 - 220,000 per year

Additional Information

• Safety: Amentum enforces a safety culture; employees are responsible for continuously developing and maintaining a safe work environment
• Quality: Quality is the foundation for business management and customer satisfaction
• Procedure Compliance: Employees must read, understand, and implement operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements in applicable plans, procedures, and policies
• Posting date: 11/10/2026
• Status: Until Filled
• Anticipated open period: At least three days from posting; closing date no earlier than three days after the original posting