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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # ETL Engineer - **Company:** STEAMPUNK INC. - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $130,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Apache Lucene, CompTIA Network+, Databases, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Stores, Relational Databases, Elasticsearch, Apache Hadoop, Integrated Development Environments, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, NoSQL, Object-Oriented Software Development, Commercial Software, Pentaho Data Integration, Queueing Systems, Standard Sql, Scala (Programming Language), Apache Solr, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Talend, Unstructured Data, Workflow Management Systems, Data Processing, Informatica Powercenter, Apache Spark, Data Lakes, Luigi, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Data Management, 3-tier Architectures, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9117469/etl-engineer ## About the Role We are looking for a seasoned ETL Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data pipelines. We are looking for more than just an "ETL Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for data and problem solving., * Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government. * 2-4 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems. * 2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as: * + ETL Tools: Python, Informatica, Pentaho, Talend + Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. + Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. + Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc. + AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift (or Azure equivalents) + Data streaming systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc. + Search tools: Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch + Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc + CompTIA Network + preferred . * Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases. * Experience with message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable 'big data' data stores. * Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data for analysis * Experience constructing complex queries to analyze results using databases or in a data processing development environment * Experience working in an Agile environment * Experience supporting project teams of developers and data scientists who build web-based interfaces, dashboards, reports, and analytics/machine learning models ## Description * Ability to obtain a government clearance, DOD Tier 3 clearance preferred * Assess and understand ETL jobs and workflows * Create reusable data pipelines from source to target systems * Test, validate, and deploy ETL pipelines * Support reporting, business intelligence, and data science end users through ETL and ELT operations * Work with data architects to create data models and design schemas for RDBMS, warehouse, and data lake systems * Key must have skill sets - Python, SQL * Work within an Agile software development lifecycle * You will contribute to the growth of our Data Exploitation Practice! ## Related Videos - [Leveraging Real time data in FSIs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/806-leveraging-real-time-data-in-fsis) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [NoSQL Data Modeling for Front-end Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/297-nosql-data-modeling-for-front-end-developers) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Tomorrow's cloud data platforms - fully managed database-as-a-service (DBaaS)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/254-tomorrow-s-cloud-data-platforms-fully-managed-database-as-a-service-dbaas) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs)