Junior Data Engineer

Interactive Process Technology LLC • Newport News, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is ideal for an early-career, results-driven, and logically oriented data engineer who has low-code/no-code development experience in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and is either already familiar with Palantir Foundry (Army Vantage) or able to quickly learn Palantir Foundry (Army Vantage) concepts, tools, and workflows. Familiarity or experience with Dataverse, Power Platform, Power BI, SharePoint, and Microsoft-based data environments is highly valued for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or related field
• 1-3 years of experience in data engineering, data analysis, business intelligence, or related technical roles
• Foundational knowledge of SQL, data manipulation, data modeling, and data quality concepts
• Familiarity with Microsoft-based data environments, preferably Microsoft 365, Dataverse, Power Platform, Power BI, SharePoint, or related tools
• Preferred experience with Palantir Foundry (Army Vantage); candidates without direct Vantage experience must be able to quickly learn Army Vantage tools, data workflows, and data product development practices
• Ability to work in secure government environments and follow defined engineering, governance, and documentation processes
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Active Secret clearance

Nice To Haves

• Direct exposure to Army Vantage or other DoD enterprise analytics platforms
• Hands-on experience with Army 365 (A365), Dataverse, Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, and/or Power BI
• Experience supporting dashboards, reports, analytics solutions, data pipelines, or data quality activities
• Familiarity with basic data governance, metadata, data cataloging, data ontology, or data quality practices
• Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn new Army data platforms and mission workflows

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of data pipelines, datasets, and curated data products within the Army Vantage analytics ecosystem
• Assist with preparing ingested data in Vantage for manipulation, including standardization, transformation, enrichment, validation, and basic quality checks
• Help structure data so it can support visualization, analysis, reporting, and AI-assisted workflows within Army Vantage
• Apply foundational data modeling and data ontology concepts to help organize mission data in ways that improve discoverability, usability, and accessibility
• Support connections between disparate Army databases, FCC tools, A365-based data sources, and higher command data sources
• Use A365 and Microsoft tools such as Dataverse, Power Platform, Power Automate, Power Apps, SharePoint, and Power BI to support data collection, workflow automation, reporting, and transition of data into Vantage-ready structures
• Develop and maintain SQL queries and scripts to support dashboards, metrics, data validation, and ad hoc analysis
• Document data flows, data definitions, transformation logic, and engineering processes to improve maintainability and reuse
• Work closely with senior engineers, government analysts, and data scientists to implement mission requirements while following security, governance, and access control policies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level