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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Syndicus Inc
- **Location:** Sterling, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $138,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Unit Testing, Bash Shell, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Linux, Data Flow Control, Integrated Development Environments, IntelliJ IDEA, JSON, Python (Programming Language), Apache Maven, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Extensible Markup Language (XML), YAML, Computer Network Operations, Data Ingestion, Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Apache Nifi, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Data Pipelines, Docker
- **Published:** August 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9130939/data-engineer

## About the Role

A current U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance is required. U.S. Citizenship required
9+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or related technical fields and a Bachelors in a related field. (Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree)
Strong experience designing and building ETL pipelines and data ingestion frameworks
Hands-on experience with Kafka, NiFi, and AWS (S3, SQS)
Proficiency in Java with experience in unit and integration testing
Solid understanding of data formats (JSON, XML, SQL schemas, compressed formats)
Experience troubleshooting data pipelines, system performance, and dataflow issues
DoD 8570 IAT II certification (or higher), Familiarity with Python, with experience in unit and integration testing.
Experience supporting cyber or network operations environments
Familiarity with Agile development environments
Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or containerized deployments
Exposure to Apache Airflow
Strong documentation and communication skills
Experience developing training materials or mentoring team members, Languages: Java, Python, SQL
Data & Streaming: Kafka, Apache NiFi
Cloud: AWS (S3, SQS, SNS)
Tools: GitLab, Maven, VSCode, IntelliJ, PyCharm
Other: YAML configuration, Linux (Bash), data modeling & ETL frameworks



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