Data Engineer and Technical Lead
Booz Allen Hamilton8 days ago
Base Salary
$99k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Oversee the assessment, design, building, deployment, and maintenance of scalable data platforms and pipelines.
- Lead data engineering activities for mission-driven client projects.
- Mentor analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers across a multidisciplinary team.
- Supervise engineers and lead projects and Agile delivery in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
- Design governed Delta Lake data products, Unity Catalog structures, dimensional models, and BI data products.
- Apply software engineering practices including Git, automated pipeline testing, and CI/CD for Databricks assets.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering with a data focus.
- 7+ years of experience with Python and SQL, including demonstrated PySpark performance tuning on large datasets.
- 3+ years of production experience with Delta Lake and bronze, silver, and gold medallion Lakehouse design.
- 3+ years of experience with Databricks Workflows and Jobs, Asset Bundles, and YAML-defined deployments.
- 3+ years of experience with Unity Catalog information architecture, governance, catalogs, grants, and lineage.
- 3+ years of experience applying software engineering to data, including Git, automated pipeline tests, CI/CD, and dimensional data modeling.
- Experience supervising engineers and leading projects and Agile delivery.
- Knowledge of AWS services used by Databricks, including S3, IAM roles, and Secrets Manager.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements.
- Preferred: 5+ years developing, maintaining, and enhancing Tableau or other BI dashboards.
- Preferred: experience migrating SSIS, Informatica, stored procedures, and on-premises warehouses into governed Delta Lake data products.
- Preferred: experience with Delta Live Tables, Structured Streaming, Great Expectations, dbt tests, Databricks expectations, and Databricks Genie.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical and business audiences are preferred.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis may participate in benefit programs.
- Applicants selected will undergo a government investigation and may need to meet U.S. government client eligibility requirements.
- Employees working virtually are generally expected to keep cameras on during meetings; remote roles may occasionally require work at a Booz Allen or customer facility, while hybrid and onsite arrangements follow leadership and client requirements.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).