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# Data Engineer - Senior

- **Company:** SteerBridge Strategies, LLC
- **Location:** Patuxent River, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $146,000.0 - $161,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Architecture, Information Engineering, System Availability, 3-tier Architectures, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=40100837e390914e

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a related technical field
 * 15+ years of professional experience
 * SME-level expertise in data engineering, integration, and automation

Additional Requirements

 * U.S. citizenship
 * Ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 3 investigation
 * Experience handling sensitive or controlled data environments

## Description

The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines and repositories that enable advanced analytics and decision-making. This role ensures data availability, integrity, and automation across complex enterprise systems., * Identify and integrate data sources needed to support analytical and business questions

 * Design and maintain automated data pipelines and repositories
 * Ensure data quality, update frequency, and reliability
 * Support analysts and stakeholders by making data accessible and actionable
 * Lead or oversee data engineering activities and best practices
 * Support enterprise-scale data architecture initiatives


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