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# Data Engineer, Lead

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $99,000.0 - $225,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Unix, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Linux, Distributed Data Store, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Parsing, Scala (Programming Language), Scaled Agile Framework, Shell Script, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Unstructured Data, Scripting, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Apache Spark, SC Clearance, Cassandra, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Data Management, Amazon Elastic Mapreduce (EMR), Amazon Redshift, Databricks
- **Published:** June 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f2dd462fcbc5e0e8

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Supervising experience?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 7+ years of experience in application development

 * 7+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing and maintaining complex data applications at enterprise scale
 * 5+ years of experience creating software for retrieving, parsing and processing structured and unstructured data
 * 5+ years of experience developing scalable ETL and ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
 * Experience developing scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and supporting project team to scale, monitor and operate data platforms
 * Experience with supervising others and leading projects and deliverables within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
 * Secret clearance
 * Bachelor's degree

Nice If You Have:

 * 10+ years of experience using Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
 * 5+ years of experience with a public cloud including AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
 * 5+ years of experience with Distributed data or computing tools including Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka
 * 5+ years of experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
 * 5+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation, including MongoDB or Cassandra
 * 5+ years of experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake
 * 5+ years of experience with UNIX or Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
 * 5+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices
 * TS/SCI clearance

## Description

Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there's more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it's gathered from disparate sources. We need an experienced data professional like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions-from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence.

As a data engineer at Booz Allen, you'll use your expertise to help build advanced technology solutions and lead data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You'll guide data engineering activities by overseeing the development and deployment of pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful.

Here, you'll mentor a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You'll use your expertise in analytical exploration and data examination while you oversee the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for your clients.


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