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# Secret Sr Data Engineer II

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Fairfax County, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $152,000.0 - $188,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Architecture, Data Cleansing, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Systems, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Cloudera, SQL Databases, Snowflake, SC Clearance, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Apache Nifi, Databricks
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.insightglobal.com/jobs/find_a_job/virginia/hunter-mill/secret-sr-data-engineer-ii/job-551736/

## About the Role

* -Must have an active Secret clearance/T1 background investigation or higher
-Minimum 7 years experience
-Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other comparable degree or experience
-Eligible to obtain an active Secret clearance/TI background investigation
-Experience in Data/ML engineering
-Strong Experience with ETL, data labeling, and data preparation
-Experience with one or more of the following technologies: Cloudera, DataBricks, Snowflake, NiFi, Python, SQL, Kafka
-Strong experience designing, developing, and deploying data solutions
-Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining data architecture and services to be used for AI/ML. Additionally, operationalizing and maintaining AI/ML models in production.
-Strong communication skills, ability to communicate technical concepts in both layman and technical terms to technical and non-technical stakeholders, * -Must have an active Secret clearance/T1 background investigation or higher
-Minimum 7 years experience
-Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other comparable degree or experience
-Eligible to obtain an active Secret clearance/TI background investigation
-Experience in Data/ML engineering
-Strong Experience with ETL, data labeling, and data preparation
-Experience with one or more of the following technologies: Cloudera, DataBricks, Snowflake, NiFi, Python, SQL, Kafka
-Strong experience designing, developing, and deploying data solutions
-Strong experience designing, implementing, and maintaining data architecture and services to be used for AI/ML. Additionally, operationalizing and maintaining AI/ML models in production.
-Strong communication skills, ability to communicate technical concepts in both layman and technical terms to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

 * -Ability to perform data analytics on program related or system related activities. -This will include assessing performance and manual processes implementing methods/algorithms to automate/optimize
-Experience with low to high development models
-One or more cloud or AI/ML certifications



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