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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. - **Location:** Alexandria, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $62,000.0 - $141,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Stores, Data Warehousing, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Parsing, Scaled Agile Framework, Shell Script, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Unstructured Data, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Apache Spark, SC Clearance, Cassandra, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Amazon Elastic Mapreduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Databricks, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/87748595/1 ## About the Role * 2+ years of experience utilizing programming languages, including C++, Java, or Python * 2+ years of experience developing and maintaining scalable data stores that supply big data in forms needed for business analysis * Experience creating software for retrieving, parsing and processing structured and unstructured data * Experience with developing scalable ETL and ELT workflows for reporting and analytics * Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment * Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and support project team to scale, monitor and operate data platforms * Secret clearance * Bachelor's degree Nice If You Have: * Experience in application development utilizing SQL or Scala * Experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud * Experience with distributed data and computing tools, such as Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka * Experience working on real-time data and streaming applications * Experience with NoSQL implementation using MongoDB or Cassandra * Experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake * Experience with UNIX and Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting * Experience with Agile engineering practices * TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph ## Description Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there's more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it's gathered from disparate sources. We need a data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions, from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence. As a data engineer at Booz Allen, you'll use your skills and experience to help build advanced technology solutions and implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You'll develop and deploy the pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful. Here, you'll work with a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. 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