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Data Engineer
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$110,000–160,000/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
About steampunk Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here. Identity Statement
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What you’ll work on
Full postingLead and architect data environment migrations for performance and reliability
Assess existing ETL jobs, workflows, BI tools and reports
Answer technical questions on customization, integration and architecture of data products
Craft database and data warehouse solutions in the cloud
Support an Agile software development lifecycle
From the employer’s posting
Lead and architect migration of data environments with performance and reliability.
Assess and understand the ETL jobs, workflows, BI tools, and reports
Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of data products
Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP).
Support an Agile software development lifecycle
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Ability to hold a public trust position with the US government
- 2-4 years building ETL pipelines with MS SQL Server and SSIS
- 2-4 years in data engineering with big data, pipeline and cloud tools
- Advanced SQL and relational database query optimization
- Key skills in the Microsoft data stack and Python
Qualification wording
Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.
2-4 years of experience working with MS SQL Server and SSIS to build ETL pipelines
2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as:
Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL)
Key must have skill sets – Microsoft data stack, Python
About Steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience.
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Report an errorLikely evergreenReposted 2 times since Sep 18, 2026. A role that keeps coming back is often kept open to collect applications rather than to fill one seat.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Nov 1, 20262 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 4
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
- Reposted
- 2 times since Sep 18, 2026
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Steampunk is hiring
51 open jobs
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- C++
- Java
- Python
- Scala
- SQL
- AWS
- Azure
- Elasticsearch
- GCP
- Hadoop
- Kafka
- NoSQL
- Redshift
- Spark
- SQL Server
- Airflow
- Luigi
- PostgreSQL
Where the posting names them
- Search tools: Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch - Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc. - Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
- Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP). - Key must have skill sets – Microsoft data stack, Python - Support an Agile software development lifecycle
- Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government. - 2-4 years of experience working with MS SQL Server and SSIS to build ETL pipelines - 2-4 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems.
- Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. - Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. - Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.
- Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc. - Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases. - Experience with message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores.
- Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of data products - Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP). - Key must have skill sets – Microsoft data stack, Python
- Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc. - AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift (or Azure equivalents) - Data streaming systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.
- Data streaming systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc. - Search tools: Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch - Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
- 2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as: - Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. - Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra.
- Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra. - Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc. - AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift (or Azure equivalents)
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Job description
Overview
We are looking for seasoned Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines. We are looking for more than just a "Data Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for data and problem solving.
Contributions
- Lead and architect migration of data environments with performance and reliability.
- Assess and understand the ETL jobs, workflows, BI tools, and reports
- Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature / functionality of data products
- Experience in crafting database / data warehouse solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP).
- Key must have skill sets – Microsoft data stack, Python
- Support an Agile software development lifecycle
- You will contribute to the growth of our Data Exploitation Practice!
Qualifications
- Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.
- 2-4 years of experience working with MS SQL Server and SSIS to build ETL pipelines
- 2-4 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems.
- 2-4 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as:
- Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
- Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and Cassandra.
- Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.
- AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshift (or Azure equivalents)
- Data streaming systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.
- Search tools: Solr, Lucene, Elasticsearch
- Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
- Experience with message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores.
- Experience manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
- Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data for analysis
- Experience constructing complex queries to analyze results using databases or in a data processing development environment
- Experience with data modeling tools and process
- Experience architecting data systems (transactional and warehouses)
- Experience aggregating results and/or compiling information for reporting from multiple datasets
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Experience supporting project teams of developers and data scientists who build web-based interfaces, dashboards, reports, and analytics/machine learning models
About steampunk
Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.
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About steampunk Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here. Identity Statement
- Location & working pattern
McLean, VA
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