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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Platform Engineer - **Company:** The Job Network - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, ArcGIS (Software), ArcGIS Servers, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Stores, Data Systems, Digital Architecture, Python (Programming Language), Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Web Services, Information Technology, Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL), Cloud Integration - **Published:** September 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b157ce54-0909-4817-be06-58442a6ee3ec ## About the Role * U.S. Citizenship is required * Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance * This position is remote, candidate must reside in one of the following states: AL, AZ, DC, FL, GA, ID, MD, MS, NJ, NC, OK, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV * Occasional travel may be required. Candidates should be able to attend meetings at FAA facilities and other locations throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) as required., * Bachelor's degree in computer science or a similar discipline, or three years of military experience in a qualified geospatial analysis role. * Minimum 4 years of demonstrable experience developing geospatial visualization, analytical, and/or business intelligence products in an enterprise environment. * Demonstrated ability to perform work closely related to the assigned tasks and work products. * Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills. * Ability to work with sensitive, confidential, or regulated information and follow FAA and federal policies and procedures. * Ability to use FAA-issued accounts and Government-designated collaboration and task-tracking systems as required., * Experience with FAA, aviation, safety, or federal geospatial data. * Experience with enterprise ArcGIS server administration and cloud integration. * Experience developing BI dashboards, spatial analytics, and automated web-service publishing ## Description We are seeking a Data Platform Engineer to build, automate, publish, and sustain geospatial data pipelines, services, and analytical products that make FAA location-based information reliable, accessible, and actionable. This role supports the FAA Chief Data Office (CDO) Enterprise Information & Data Integration Program and collaborates with cross-functional technical, data, and mission-focused teams to deliver secure, scalable, and well-documented data solutions., * Document architecture and data flows for geospatial ETL automation into enterprise geodatabases and ArcGIS data stores. * Develop reusable Python code using ArcGIS Python API, ArcPy, GeoPandas, and GDAL to create and maintain geospatial ingestion and transformation pipelines. * Automate publishing and updating of web services from ArcGIS Pro projects and other geospatial formats to ArcGIS Enterprise or ArcGIS Online. * Manage Python environments and package dependencies and coordinate deployment and configuration on approved automation servers. * Design refresh schedules, production automation, monitoring, alerting, and rapid response procedures for ETL and publishing failures. * Configure, optimize, and sustain GIS server integrations, SaaS tools, cloud-installed solutions, and associated AWS resources. * Support security assessments, technical responses, vulnerability mitigations, configuration documentation, and compliance activities. * Collaborate with geospatial users and user communities to execute data calls, respond to policy and datum changes, and translate analytical needs into maps, dashboards, services, and spatial analyses. * Validate data accuracy, consistency, and integrity and present findings and recommendations to technical and mission stakeholders. ## Related Videos - [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) - [Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1520-fault-tolerance-and-consistency-at-scale-harnessing-the-power-of-distributed-sql-databases) - [Developer Time Is Valuable - Use the Right Tools - Kilian Valkhof](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1792-developer-time-is-valuable-use-the-right-tools-kilian-valkhof) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Why Your AI Agent Keeps Hallucinating Your Data: Building Deterministic Context Layers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2055-why-your-ai-agent-keeps-hallucinating-your-data-building-deterministic-context-layers) ## Related Articles - [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) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Best Paying Jobs in Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/256-best-paying-jobs-in-technology) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)