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# Data Engineer - Active Secret Clearance

- **Company:** NasTech Global View all jobs
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $245,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Databases, Data Warehousing, R (Programming Language), Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), NoSQL, Systems Development Life Cycle, Scala (Programming Language), Software Construction, SQL Databases, Apache Spark, SC Clearance, Data Lakes, Apache Kafka, Data Management
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us8d1c25ab1795400973f7042d1cac5fda

## About the Role

Education: 8 years of experience with a BS/BA, 6 years with an MS/MA, 3 years with a PhD or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree
Demonstrates strong expertise in AWS architecture, security in the SDLC, and communication of technical risk and architecture decisions to executive audiences.
Experience designing and building Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and scalable data platforms in the cloud
Experience with programming skills like Java, SQL, Scala, Python, R, defining schema and software engineering best practices, including secure, testable, and maintainable code and database (eg SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis)



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