Data Engineer and Technical Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton•Alexandria, VA

1d•$99,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking an experienced data professional to lead data engineering activities on mission-driven projects. The role involves overseeing development and deployment of data pipelines and platforms that organize disparate structured and unstructured data and make it meaningful for clients. The successful candidate will mentor a multidisciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment, and oversee the assessment, design, construction, and maintenance of scalable data platforms.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering with a data focus, including Databricks in production.
7+ years of experience using Python and SQL, with demonstrated PySpark performance tuning on large datasets.
5+ years of production experience with Delta Lake and bronze, silver, and gold medallion Lakehouse design, applied with judgment.
3+ years of experience with Databricks Workflows and Jobs, Asset Bundles, and YAML-defined deployments.
3+ years of experience with Unity Catalog information architecture, including catalog and schema design for operational, audit, configuration, and reference data outside medallion layers, and Unity Catalog governance including catalogs, grants, and lineage.
3+ years of software engineering applied to data, including Git, automated pipeline tests, and CI/CD for Databricks assets; and dimensional data modeling, including star schemas and slowly changing dimensions for BI consumption.
Experience supervising engineers and leading projects and Agile delivery within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
Knowledge of AWS services consumed by Databricks, such as S3, IAM roles, and Secrets Manager.
Public Trust determination is required; selected applicants will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet U.S. government client eligibility requirements.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

5+ years of experience developing, maintaining, and enhancing Tableau or other BI dashboards on existing data models.
Experience migrating legacy ETL, including SSIS, Informatica, stored procedures, and on-premises warehouses, into governed Delta Lake data products.
Experience with Delta Live Tables or Structured Streaming.
Experience with data quality frameworks such as Great Expectations, dbt tests, and Databricks expectations.
Experience with natural-language analytics tools such as Databricks Genie.
Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and business audiences.

Responsibilities

Lead data engineering activities and oversee development and deployment of data pipelines and platforms.
Mentor a multidisciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers.
Oversee assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable data platforms.
Supervise engineers and lead projects and Agile delivery in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.