Data Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton10 days ago
Fort Knox, KY, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$62k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and operate scalable data pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured sources.
- Develop ETL and ELT workflows, including data cleaning, normalization, joins, incremental loads, and dataset optimization.
- Implement data-quality checks, lineage tracking, monitoring workflows, and production operations.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures through root-cause analysis and maintain incident-response runbooks.
- Apply governance practices involving permissions management, encryption protocols, audit logging, and DoD compliance.
- Translate mission requirements into technical solutions and create design documentation for platform adoption.
- Use Vantage and Foundry components, including Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, Workshop, Slate, and Machinery, to deliver data products.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of experience in data engineering or database management.
- Experience developing scalable ETL and ELT workflows for analytics and reporting.
- Experience with Vantage or Foundry components, including Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, Workshop, Slate, and Machinery.
- Knowledge of Agile engineering practices.
- Ability to implement data-quality controls, lineage tracking, monitoring workflows, and runbook management.
- Secret clearance is required.
- Bachelor’s degree is required.
- Preferred experience includes DoD environments such as NIPR, SIPR, or JWICS and Army mission data domains.
- Preferred experience includes governance practices, permissions management, encryption protocols, and compliance documentation.
- Preferred programming experience includes Python, Java, or C++.
- Preferred experience includes distributed data tools, cloud platforms, Unix or Linux, Shell scripting, command-line usage, and data warehousing tools.
- A master’s degree is 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.
- Regular full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs, with select offerings for employees below that threshold.
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).