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Data Engineer - Strategic Analysis, Inc
Data Engineer
Data Engineer building and maintaining secure, scalable data pipelines and dashboards for DoD research and engineering initiatives, leveraging Python, SQL, Airflow, and AWS services to deliver actionable insights.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL pipelines using Python, SQL, and Airflow to ingest, transform, and load data from diverse sources into secure data warehouses.
- Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to build interactive dashboards and visualizations that support RDT&E decision‑making.
- Implement data quality checks, monitoring, and alerting to ensure high data integrity and availability.
- Optimize query performance and storage costs on AWS services such as Redshift, S3, and Glue.
- Document data models, pipeline architecture, and best practices for future maintenance and scalability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 3+ years of experience building production data pipelines in a regulated environment.
- Proficiency with Python, SQL, and Airflow; experience with AWS data services.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing concepts, and performance tuning.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with cross‑functional teams.
Skills
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