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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** The Bridge Ltd
- **Location:** Dale City, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $195,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Business Analytics Applications, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Cloud Computing Security, Complex Networks, Computer Networks, Data Transmissions, Data Files, Data Governance, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Python (Programming Language), Ansible, Shell Script, Data Streaming, Unstructured Data, Scripting, Software Security, HybridCloud, Data Lakes, Information Technology, Apache Nifi, Splunk, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** July 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1dabcf1c-33bb-4570-94b8-8d40346191e9

## About the Role

We are actively seeking Systems Engineers to perform as a Data Engineer with a minimum of 11 years' experience. Information Technology or Engineer Bachelor's or Master's Degrees are preferred. Specific skills should include the following:

 * Experience integrating diverse data streams
 * Experience with data transfer tools (Ex: NiFi, Cribl, etc)
 * Establishes data standards and acts as custodian of IT and service delivery data sets and streams
 * Experience in analyzing complex networks and systems
 * Experience in analyzing log data from various network components and operating systems
 * Knowledge of complex environments involving shared networks and multiple security enclaves
 * Systems Engineer with Data Engineer background
 * Ability to manage and troubleshoot data feeds
 * Splunk familiarization
 * Python

Desired Qualifications:

 * Security Development and Operations (SecDevOps)
 * Hands on Splunk Experience and Certifications
 * Scripting tools to include Python, ShellScript, or Ansible
 * Cloud security controls and implementation
 * Public, private and hybrid Cloud experience (AWS, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
 * AWS Certified Security Specialty

## Description

Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government's mission and our client's business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation's cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Data Engineer in Herndon, Virginia., As a Data Engineer, you are responsible for designing data models, building data warehouses and data lakes, automating data pipelines and working with datasets of all sizes. You will optimize overall data/information flow by reducing redundancy and enabling accessibility within security boundaries. You apply data extraction, transformation and loading techniques in order to connect large data sets from a variety of sources. You create data collection frameworks for structured and unstructured data. Your solutions and create cyber and operational analytic tools for consumers that assist them in building and optimizing downstream products inclusive of constructing dataset procedures that can help with data mining, modeling, and production. You use and develop standards, tools, processes and governance for capturing, modeling, storing, and delivering data for the enterprise.


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