Senior Data Engineer

Nakupuna Companies • Arlington, VA

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Nakupuna Companies is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our team of talented consultants providing professional services to the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSW(A&S)). This role requires a strong analytical mindset, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and keen attention to detail.
• Highly organized.
• Experience working with Senior Executives in the Government, preferably the DoW.
• Ability to work under pressure and to adapt quickly in a changing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Software Engineering, etc.).
• 7+ years experience developing enterprise digital, data, workflow, automation, and integration solutions.
• Demonstrated prior experience taking solutions independently through the entire software lifecycle: from requirements gathering and design to coding, testing, deployment, and long-term sustainment.
• Multi-year, hands-on experience deploying Power Platform and Power BI solutions in production environments.
• Experience working with Power BI and/or Tableau, SharePoint, Excel, SQL, Salesforce and programming languages (e.g., Python).
• Proficient in Power Apps (Canvas/Model-driven), Power Automate (Cloud Flows), Dataverse, and SharePoint Online administration.
• Strong quantitative ability and a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Azure services, Azure DevOps, and CDAO/Advana/War Data Platform environments is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with DoW is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and collect data using different tools and statistical techniques such as MS SQL queries from various databases, such as but not limited to MS Excel, MS Access, SharePoint and data management systems to provide accurate and reliable administrative reports, presentations and dashboards, as required
• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines; transform complex datasets into actionable business intelligence.
• Design and construct the "data plumbing" that connects disjointed administrative processes—transitioning the organization away from manually maintained spreadsheets and disconnected trackers into a unified, automated, and AI-ready environment.
• Develop and maintain rapid automation solutions utilizing Tableau and Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate, Microsoft Forms, and Microsoft Lists.
• Design and organize SharePoint site structures, Document Libraries, Custom Lists, and modern content types to optimize internal knowledge management.
• Build secure, automated bridges using REST APIs and Microsoft Graph API to integrate Microsoft 365, Teams, Planner, Dataverse, and other authorized systems.
• Design and implement automated Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) pipelines to ingest messy, unstructured operational data from spreadsheets and emails and clean it for structured database storage.
• Structure and clean internal documents to support secure, internal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
• Ensure AI tools can perform vector and semantic searches over approved data without "hallucinating" or leaking sensitive data.
• Develop Python-based data processing utilities utilizing libraries such as Pandas to cleanse, parse, and validate critical data structures.

Benefits

• The Nakupuna Companies use a market-based compensation strategy to ensure that our employees are compensated within applicable market ranges commensurate with multiple factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, and position location.

What This Job Offers

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