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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
- **Location:** Niskayuna, NY, United States
- **Salary:** $70,900.0 - $108,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Shell Script, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Apache Spark
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://career-hcm03.ns2cloud.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=8480&company=NNLHCM03

## About the Role

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering or science field; or Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a related engineering or science field.

Preferred Skills

 * Knowledge of distributed technologies, such as Spark.
 * Experience in Linux shell scripting and software development using languages such as SQL and Python.
 * Experience in optimization and performance tuning of ETL workloads and understanding of database internals.

## Description

Do you want a career supporting the world's best Navy? The Naval Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a Data Engineer to join a growing team dedicated to collecting and transforming data from the United States Nuclear Navy for analytics throughout the Laboratory. As a Data Engineer, you will be part of a team responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and maintaining the Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) process for incoming shipboard data used in naval nuclear propulsion systems. You will evaluate new and emerging technologies to deliver scalable solutions to transforming shipboard data in an enterprise-wide data warehouse from which operational metrics and support analytics can be easily and reliably generated.


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