Big Data Engineer Principal

SAIC • Arlington, VA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

SAIC is seeking qualified applicants to support a cutting-edge data, analytics, and AI platform. Roles include managing customer relationships, service portfolio and catalog management, software engineering & development, data/AI engineering, IT systems operations, and use case intake and analytics for DoW enterprise-scale mission objectives expected in Spring/Summer 2026. Positions are contingent pending contract award. The work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia. Some work may be performed remotely, subject to Government approval. SAIC is a premier mission integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services, and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives. We are approximately 23,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.3 billion.

Requirements

• Experience with AWS (e.g., S3, Glue, Lake Formation, EMR, Kinesis, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, IAM)
• Experience with Databricks (e.g., Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Apache Spark)
• Experience within an AWS GovCloud environment
• Experience developing enterprise data products
• Experience implementing a medallion architecture for data storage
• Experience establishing self-service inbound and outbound data connection methods
• Experience with data quality monitoring tools
• Experience with proactive alerting for pipeline issues
• Experience with data drift detection mechanisms
• Experience enforcing data security policies
• Experience optimizing infrastructure for performance and scalability
• Experience ensuring data backup and recovery
• Experience implementing robust data governance policies
• Experience documenting pipelines, models, and governance standards
• Experience ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations
• Experience designing and developing solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns.
• Experience performing systems management and integration functions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing customer relationships
• Experience with service portfolio and catalog management
• Experience with software engineering & development
• Experience with data/AI engineering
• Experience with IT systems operations
• Experience with use case intake and analytics

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain the core WDP data infrastructure and pipelines using agentic workflows to streamline operations and enhance automation.
• Ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of the platform to support data ingestion, processing, storage, and transformation for various consumers, including data tooling teams.
• Build and operate data pipelines and Lakehouse solutions leveraging AWS (e.g., S3, Glue, Lake Formation, EMR, Kinesis, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, IAM) and Databricks (e.g., Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Apache Spark) within an AWS GovCloud environment.
• Develop enterprise data products accessible via a modern data marketplace, implement a medallion architecture for data storage (bronze, silver, gold zones), and establish self-service inbound and outbound data connection methods.
• Implement data quality monitoring tools, proactive alerting for pipeline issues, and data drift detection mechanisms.
• Enforce data security policies, optimize infrastructure for performance and scalability, ensure data backup and recovery, and implement robust data governance policies.
• Document pipelines, models, and governance standards while ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations.
• Design and develop solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns.
• Perform systems management and integration functions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed