# Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP)

**Company:** [TOMORROW HIRE](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/pz6bMBTYwyNBHtEHsJk398.md)
**Location:** McLean, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Information Technology

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## Description

**Data Engineer - Active TS/SCI with CIP**

**Location**: McLean, VA

**Clearance Required:** TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP)

**Position Type:** Full-Time, On-Site

**Salary Range:** $135,000 – $165,000

**Description**

We are seeking a Data Engineer to support mission-focused work. Engineers, modernizes, and maintains scalable data architectures, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data platform infrastructure to support high-volume analytics, data science, and AI/ML workloads. The position requires an active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP).

**Primary Responsibilities**

-   Architect end-to-end distributed data pipelines to ingest, clean, enrich, and model heterogeneous data from diverse sources.
-   Design, optimize, and maintain relational, non-relational, and cloud data warehouses/lakes.
-   Implement data quality validation, lineage tracking, cataloging, and security/governance controls.
-   Collaborate with data scientists and software developers to productionize data models and streamline analytical queries.

## Requirements

**Minimum Qualifications:**

-   3+ years of experience designing cloud-native data platforms in AWS
-   2+ years of experience designing scalable data lake, warehouse, and analytics solutions
-   2+ years of experience with cloud migration and modernization efforts
-   2+ years of experience with data pipelines (data acquisition, data prep, database architecture)
-   Experience supporting data science, AI/ML implementations, and BI dashboards
-   Experience with non-relational and semi-relational databases
-   Experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured/unstructured data
-   Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
-   Experience with team lead functions and cross-functional team collaboration
-   Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph (CIP) required.
-   Must work on-site in McLean, VA.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

-   Experience with PySpark and Spark ecosystems (Databricks, EMR)
-   Experience evaluating data analytic/science technologies and platforms
-   Experience going through A&A process or leading modifications
-   Experience with cloud architecture and selecting cloud analytics architectures
-   Experience with data marts, data warehouses, and complex operational data flows
-   Experience with Git/GitHub, AWS deployment, scripting (Python, SQL), and API development
-   AWS Architecture Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect)

## Benefits

**Salary**

Salary for this position is determined based on factors such as location, qualifications, experience, and contract-specific budget considerations.

Proposed Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000

**Benefits**

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including:

-   **100% Company-Paid Health Insurance**: Full coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents (United Healthcare and Guardian).
-   **Protection Plans:** Employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
-   **401(k) Retirement Contribution:** 15% of base salary contributed by the company, fully vested from day one.
-   **Paid Time Off:** 200 hours of PTO annually (accrued), in addition to 11 federal holidays.
-   **Bonuses**: Recruitment and business development bonus opportunities based on performance and company growth.