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Big Data Engineer
Arlington, VA, United States
Open 4 months, first seen by us 131 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
- Work setting
- Not stated
- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full-time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- Work authorization
- US citizens only
US citizenship is required
What you’ll work on
Full postingImplement ETL processes to ingest data into a cloud environment
Develop reusable, loosely-coupled software components for cloud platforms
Implement business layers as Java web services using Spring and JPA
Perform unit and system-level testing of applications
Build application features covering scalability, security, caching and error logging
From the employer’s posting
ingest various types of data into a cloud environment using ETL tools
Develop reusable loosely-coupled software components to deploy on cloud platforms.
Implement business-layers as web service using Java, Spring Framework and JPA.
Perform unit and system-level testing of applications.
high-performance design, coding, caching mechanisms, security, encryption, state management, error logging, debugging, scalability, code reviews
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
- 5+ years of software development experience
- U.S. citizenship required
- Proficiency in Java, Spring, JPA and Hibernate
- Proficiency in ETL development with tools such as Pentaho
Qualification wording
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
5+ years of related software development experience
U.S. citizenship is required.
Proficiency in Java, Spring, JPA and Hibernate.
Proficiency in ETL development using tools such as Pentaho.
Education & alternatives
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline. - 5+ years of related software development experience, implementation of large enterprise systems or distributed computing environment
Posting record
Report an errorOpen 4 monthsWe first saw this posting 131 days ago and it is still up. Roles open this long are often slow to fill or kept open to collect applications.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Jul 3, 2026131 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 47
- Last seen by us
- Nov 11, 2026
- Employer says posted
- Jan 6, 2017
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 131
Up longer than most. Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 55.
From 13,018 similar postings that came down. Coming down is not always a hire.
ByteCubed is hiring
1 open job
- No new data jobs since July
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- C#
- Java
- SQL
- Hadoop
- MySQL
- Oracle
- Spark
- SQL Server
Where the posting names them
Preferred Qualifications: - 7+ years in Java, C# - Cloudera ecosystems Hive, Pig, Impala, HBase, Mahout, Spark
- Implement ETL processes. - Implement business-layers as web service using Java, Spring Framework and JPA. Qualifications
- 5+ years of related software development experience, implementation of large enterprise systems or distributed computing environment - Proficiency in Java, Spring, JPA and Hibernate. - Proficiency in ETL development using tools such as Pentaho.
- Experience in solving big-data problems using Open Source technologies such as Hadoop/HDFS, Accumulo, Spark and HBase on a cloud platform. - Proficiency in RDBMS including SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle. - Proven track record of designing scalable, distributed software applications.
- Proficiency in ETL development using tools such as Pentaho. - Experience in solving big-data problems using Open Source technologies such as Hadoop/HDFS, Accumulo, Spark and HBase on a cloud platform. - Proficiency in RDBMS including SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle.
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Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 7% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Job Description
ByteCubed is currently seeking a Big Data Engineer to work with a dynamic team building reusable SaaS components to ingest various types of data into a cloud environment using ETL tools, at our headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
Come find out why we have a perfect rating on Glassdoor!
Responsibilities included, but not limited to:
- Implement aspects of application design – high-performance design, coding, caching mechanisms, security, encryption, state management, error logging, debugging, scalability, code reviews, environment configuration, and testing.
- Perform unit and system-level testing of applications.
- Develop reusable loosely-coupled software components to deploy on cloud platforms.
- Implement ETL processes.
- Implement business-layers as web service using Java, Spring Framework and JPA.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of related software development experience, implementation of large enterprise systems or distributed computing environment
- Proficiency in Java, Spring, JPA and Hibernate.
- Proficiency in ETL development using tools such as Pentaho.
- Experience in solving big-data problems using Open Source technologies such as Hadoop/HDFS, Accumulo, Spark and HBase on a cloud platform.
- Proficiency in RDBMS including SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle.
- Proven track record of designing scalable, distributed software applications.
- Object-oriented design and programming experience.
- Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 7+ years in Java, C#
- Cloudera ecosystems Hive, Pig, Impala, HBase, Mahout, Spark
- Department of Defense SECRET security clearance.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please include resumes when replying to this post. Contact information for this poster can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ashley-a-staring/12/453/767
Company Description
ByteCubed is a result-oriented and high impact consulting firm specializing in next generation software development and technology, delivering the most efficient strategies and cost-effective solutions that meet the ever-changing challenges that our clients face. Specialties: Big Data, Strategy and Business Architecture, Systems Engineering, Enterprise cloud services and solutions, PMO services, Innovation, R&D, Business Process and Improvements, and Software Engineering.
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Arlington, VA, United States
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- Object-oriented design and programming experience. - Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Preferred Qualifications:
More source context
- Cloudera ecosystems Hive, Pig, Impala, HBase, Mahout, Spark - Department of Defense SECRET security clearance. Additional Information