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Data Engineer
Huntsville, AL
Live, first seen by us 38 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
- Work setting
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This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely. Required Qualifications:
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Employment type Full Time
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full Time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Citizens only
This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph
What you’ll work on
Full postingDesign, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for large multi-source datasets
Develop data models, schemas, and mappings for legacy-to-cloud migration
Lead data cleansing, validation, and root-cause analysis for data quality issues
Improve pipeline automation, performance, and reliability
Mentor data engineers and take part in technical reviews and migration planning
From the employer’s posting
Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and migration of large, multi-source datasets.
Develop data models, schemas, mappings, and integration structures supporting legacy-to-cloud migration.
Lead data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, validation, and root-cause analysis for data quality issues.
Improve pipeline automation, performance, throughput, reliability, and fault tolerance.
Mentor data engineers and participate in technical reviews, sprint activities, architecture discussions, and migration planning.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large scale data operations.
- Hands on experience building pipelines for structured/unstructured data across enterprise environments.
- Strong proficiency in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and scripting languages.
Preferred experience
- Experience with petabyte scale or multi system migration programs.
- Experience with CI/CD integration, automated testing pipelines, or micro service architectures.
Qualification wording
Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large scale data operations.
Hands on experience building pipelines for structured/unstructured data across enterprise environments.
Strong proficiency in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and scripting languages.
Experience with petabyte scale or multi system migration programs.
Experience with CI/CD integration, automated testing pipelines, or micro service architectures.
Education & alternatives
Required Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large scale data operations. - Hands on experience building pipelines for structured/unstructured data across enterprise environments.
Benefits in the posting
Full benefits wording- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
From the employer’s posting.
About Anavationllc
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community.
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Posting record
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- Live
- First seen by us
- Sep 28, 202638 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 33
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
- Employer says posted
- Sep 25, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 38
Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 54.
At Anavationllc, jobs usually come down by about day 32.
From 11,224 similar postings that came down, and 8 of Anavationllc’s. Coming down is not always a hire.
Anavationllc is hiring
6 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Hiring has slowed
- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
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- AWS
Where the posting names them
- Partner with QA, Cloud, DevSecOps, Migration, and development teams to integrate and validate data workflows. - Support AWS-based data engineering and ensure compliance with security, logging, auditing, and data-handling requirements. - Mentor data engineers and participate in technical reviews, sprint activities, architecture discussions, and migration planning.
- Strong proficiency in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation. - Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and scripting languages. - Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem solving skills.
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Has Anavationllc posted this job before?
Yes. We’ve followed one other Data Engineer job there since July 2026. It came down after 34 days.
Demand for Data Engineer roles
New Data Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 8% over the last 5 weeks compared with the 5 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
Be Challenged and Make a Difference
In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.
Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing Huntsville, Alabama work program. The selected candidate provides support large scale data engineering and migration activities for a major federal modernization program. This role is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and operating data pipelines supporting petabyte scale migration, transformation, and storage of structured and unstructured datasets. The Senior Data Engineer ensures data flows are reliable, repeatable, secure, and aligned to architectural standards required for transferring legacy datasets into modern cloud environments.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
- Design, build, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and migration of large, multi-source datasets.
- Develop data models, schemas, mappings, and integration structures supporting legacy-to-cloud migration.
- Improve pipeline automation, performance, throughput, reliability, and fault tolerance.
- Lead data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, validation, and root-cause analysis for data quality issues.
- Partner with QA, Cloud, DevSecOps, Migration, and development teams to integrate and validate data workflows.
- Support AWS-based data engineering and ensure compliance with security, logging, auditing, and data-handling requirements.
- Mentor data engineers and participate in technical reviews, sprint activities, architecture discussions, and migration planning.
- Maintain pipeline diagrams, mapping specifications, data dictionaries, and other technical documentation.
- Track migration progress, pipeline performance, data quality, risks, and blockers, and support timely resolution.
This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph.
This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large scale data operations.
- Hands on experience building pipelines for structured/unstructured data across enterprise environments.
- Strong proficiency in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
- Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and scripting languages.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem solving skills.
- Must be able to work full-time on-site at our customer location in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with petabyte scale or multi system migration programs.
- Background supporting national security customers.
- Experience with CI/CD integration, automated testing pipelines, or micro service architectures.
- Advanced knowledge of ETL frameworks, distributed compute tools, or cloud native data services.
Benefits
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
- 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
- 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
- Competitive Pay
- Generous paid leave and holiday package
- Tuition and training reimbursement
- Life and AD&D Insurance
About AnaVation
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.
If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!
AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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This position requires active Top Secret (TS) clearance and the ability to obtain SCI accesses with a CI polygraph. This position is on-site with our customer in Huntsville, Alabama, and cannot be supported remotely. Required Qualifications:
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- Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem solving skills. - Must be able to work full-time on-site at our customer location in Huntsville, Alabama. - Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and the ability to obtain a CI polygraph
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