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Data Engineer Intern
Fort Belvoir, VA
Actively hiring, first seen by us 6 days ago- Pay
$41,600–75,200/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
Pay Range: Pay Range $41,600.00 - $75,200.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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- Not stated
- Employment
Full-time — employment source
Employment type in the employer’s posting: Full time
From the employer’s posting
Before you apply
- New graduates
- For current students
Currently enrolled in a degree program (Junior/Senior level preferred)
- Work authorization
- US citizens only
US Citizenship required
What you’ll work on
Full postingHelp build automation tools, data delivery, and AI-based workflows
Assist with data lake direction and tuning and customizing LLMs
Support infrastructure automation and platform creation with Infrastructure as Code
Automate routine tasks in the DEL environments to improve efficiency
Follow physical security, information security, and property rules in a cleared setting
From the employer’s posting
Assist the DEL team with development of automation tools, data delivery and workflows utilizing AI.
Assist team with data lake direction and fine-tuning and customizing LLMs for specific tasks and domains.
Support team with automating infrastructure and supporting platform creation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Assist with automating tasks for the DEL environments to improve efficiency.
Adhere to all physical security, information security, and property accountability requirements within a cleared environment.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Currently enrolled in a degree program (junior or senior preferred)
- US citizenship required
- Interim or active Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Preferred experience
- Familiarity with scripting and programming language.
- Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering.
Qualification wording
Currently enrolled in a degree program (Junior/Senior level preferred).
US Citizenship required
Interim or active Secret clearance (or ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance).
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Familiarity with scripting and programming language.
Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering.
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 6 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 28, 20266 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 9
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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How this job compares
Time since we first saw it
Day 6
Similar jobs usually come down between day 5 and day 54.
From 10,736 similar postings that came down. Coming down is not always a hire.
Leidos is hiring
44 open jobs
Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.
- Data Engineer hiring is steady
- Takes jobs down at a usual pace
- 20% of open jobs were reposted
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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
This internship will provide rotational exposure to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Experimentation Lab (DEL) operations within a cleared DoW environment. The intern will gain hands-on experience supporting advanced Research & Development (R&D) initiatives assisting the team to identify, recommend, develop, and integrate reliable and secure IT solutions to challenges associated with current and evolving DTRA RD’s mission into the DEL enterprise.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Assist the DEL team with development of automation tools, data delivery and workflows utilizing AI.
• Assist team with data lake direction and fine-tuning and customizing LLMs for specific tasks and domains.
• Support team with automating infrastructure and supporting platform creation through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
Assist with automating tasks for the DEL environments to improve efficiency.
• Adhere to all physical security, information security, and property accountability requirements within a cleared environment.
• Adhere to all physical security, information security, and property accountability requirements within a cleared environment.
Basic Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a degree program (Junior/Senior level preferred).
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- US Citizenship required
- Interim or active Secret clearance (or ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Coursework in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Business Administration, or related field.
- Familiarity with scripting and programming language.
- Familiarity with LLMs and prompt engineering.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:
October 28, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $41,600.00 - $75,200.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
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- Pay
Pay Range: Pay Range $41,600.00 - $75,200.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
- Location & working pattern
Fort Belvoir, VA
Working pattern and location restrictions need checking in the full posting.
- Work authorization
- Good written and verbal communication skills. - US Citizenship required - Interim or active Secret clearance (or ability to obtain and maintain required security clearance). Preferred Qualifications: