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# Help Desk Data Engineer

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Winchester, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $61,900.0 - $141,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, C Sharp (Programming Language), Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Linux, R (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle (Applications), Standard Sql, Scala (Programming Language), Shell Script, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Rust (Programming Language), Google Cloud, Snowflake, Julia, Data Analytics, Amazon Redshift, Glasgow Haskell Compiler, Golang
- **Published:** August 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/fbb9d789-021c-456c-ab3e-22c58a2f64c4

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience in professional work environments
 * Experience supporting Help Desk tiers 1-3
 * Experience supervising others and leading projects and deliverables within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
 * TS/SCI clearance
 * HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience with software engineering in Python and SQL
 * Experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex data science applications at enterprise scale
 * Experience developing scalable ETL or ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
 * Experience using Python, SQL, Scala, R, Haskell, Rust, C++, C, C#, Julia, Go, or Java
 * Experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
 * Experience with data warehousing and databases such as AWS Redshift, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Snowflake
 * Experience with UNIX or Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting

## Description

Managing Help Desk tiers 1-3 in support of critical national capabilities. Carrying out engineering tasks including developing data analytics for desktop and web-developed visual analytic software. Facilitating the bulk analysis of relational information, tracking data flows through cross domain servers, and locating data packages.


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