Navy Data Engineer (Arlington, VA)
About The Position
IDS is seeking a Data Engineer to support the Navy’s acquisition transformation strategy that is bringing together data from diverse defense and federal systems to build scalable pipelines, APIs, and data products that improve how critical information is integrated, accessed, and used. In this role, you'll work hands-on with complex acquisition and finance data to develop scalable, production-ready capabilities while helping establish reusable patterns for data ingestion, integration, and delivery. Your work will contribute to the technical foundation of a growing data platform ecosystem supporting multiple Military Services and the Department of War (DoW). This is hands-on engineering, not oversight. You will write the code, own the pipelines in production, and help set the standards.
Requirements
- Strong SQL and PL/SQL, plus working proficiency in Java, Python, and JSON
- Demonstrated experience building and operating production ETL/ELT pipelines
- Data modeling experience, including turning raw source data into reusable analytics datasets or data products
- Experience integrating or consuming data through REST APIs
- Experience troubleshooting and optimizing pipelines for performance and reliability
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in data science, computer science, software engineering, information systems, mathematics, or a closely related technical discipline
- Five (5) or more years of relevant experience
- Must be able to sit, type, hear, see, and speak for extended periods of time.
- Must consistently work and type on a computer for prolonged periods of time.
- Must be able to able to communicate accurate information and ideas so others will understand.
- Must be able to lift/carry at least 15 lbs.
- May be required to move about inside an office to access file cabinets, office supplies, etc.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance is mandatory.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on Oracle, Talend, or Apigee experience. Comparable enterprise RDBMS, ETL, and API gateway tooling is also of interest.
- Experience with DoW acquisition and finance data
- Experience delivering in an IL-4/5 or other accredited government cloud environment
- Seven (7) or more years of relevant experience (in lieu of education)
- Active Secret clearance preferred
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate production data pipelines in SQL, PL/SQL, Java, and Python across an Oracle, Talend, and Apigee stack in an IL-4/5 environment
- Integrate and transform acquisition and financial datasets into reliable, reusable data products
- Develop data models and analytics datasets that drive enterprise reporting and operational decisions
- Build and maintain REST API integrations for ingesting and exchanging data across systems
- Migrate data from legacy systems
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune scheduled workflows for performance, reliability, and scale
- Implement data validation, quality checks, lineage, and governance practices that build trust in the data
- Contribute to automated testing, code reviews, documentation, and reusable engineering patterns
- Shape physical database design for performance, scaling, security, backup, and disaster recovery
Benefits
- Employer paid health, dental, vision, disability, AD&D and life insurance plans
- Flexible spending accounts
- Voluntary life insurance and supplemental insurance plans
- Eleven (11) paid holidays
- Generous PTO accruals starting at three (3) weeks per year
- 401(k) safe harbor contribution
- Generous employee referral bonuses
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
