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Databricks Data Engineer and Scientist

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USD 77,600–176,000/year — pay source
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement
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  • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines for an enterprise Lakehouse

  • Develop and optimize end-to-end data flows and manage ETL processes

  • Design data models within a Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion architecture

  • Help ensure data security and compliance across pipelines

  • Improve pipeline performance and scalability

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design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for a critical enterprise Lakehouse
develop and optimize end-to-end data flows, manage ETL processes, design data models
design data models
help ensure data security and compliance
improve performance and scalability
Education & alternatives
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Math, Physics, or Information Systems and Technology Nice If You Have:
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  • Python
  • SQL
  • AWS
  • Databricks
  • Delta Lake
  • S3
  • PySpark
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Databricks Data Engineer and ScientistThe Opportunity: As a Databricks Data Engineer and Scientist, you will design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for a critical enterprise Lakehouse, applying your data science, AI, and analytics skills. You will develop and optimize end-to-end data flows, manage ETL processes, design data models, help ensure data security and compliance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve performance and scalability. Your experience with Databricks and AWS, along with your SQL, Python, and AI-assisted coding skills, will help you analyze pipelines, support data modeling, and turn raw data into actionable insights across the business. Work with us to use data for good.
- 3+ years of experience building, debugging, and optimizing data pipelines using Databricks notebooks, clusters, and job orchestration tools, including Delta Lake and Unity Catalog - 3+ years of experience writing Python and PySpark code for ETL scripts and custom transformations - Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to support data engineering and data modeling tasks
- Knowledge of ETL performance optimization techniques, such as partitioning, bucketing, and caching, and experience troubleshooting query performance - Ability to analyze and decompose complex legacy SQL, rebuild data pipelines or models, and compare results to validate accuracy and performance - Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
- Experience with data modeling, including selecting dimensional or relational models, within a Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion architecture - Experience using AWS services, including AWS Glue, Amazon S3, and Amazon RDS - Knowledge of ETL performance optimization techniques, such as partitioning, bucketing, and caching, and experience troubleshooting query performance
Nice If You Have: - Experience with AWS cloud-native data services such as AWS Lambda or Amazon CloudWatch that support serverless data processing - Experience with metadata and data cataloging tools such as AWS Glue Data Catalog or Collibra to manage data assets and lineage
- Experience with AWS cloud-native data services such as AWS Lambda or Amazon CloudWatch that support serverless data processing - Experience with metadata and data cataloging tools such as AWS Glue Data Catalog or Collibra to manage data assets and lineage - Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, and compliance requirements such as GDPR and CCPA that support data quality, privacy, and security
Databricks Data Engineer and ScientistThe Opportunity: As a Databricks Data Engineer and Scientist, you will design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for a critical enterprise Lakehouse, applying your data science, AI, and analytics skills. You will develop and optimize end-to-end data flows, manage ETL processes, design data models, help ensure data security and compliance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve performance and scalability. Your experience with Databricks and AWS, along with your SQL, Python, and AI-assisted coding skills, will help you analyze pipelines, support data modeling, and turn raw data into actionable insights across the business.
- 8+ years of experience designing, developing, deploying, and managing ETL processes and data pipelines, with comprehensive logging and error handling to troubleshoot and resolve issues - 3+ years of experience building, debugging, and optimizing data pipelines using Databricks notebooks, clusters, and job orchestration tools, including Delta Lake and Unity Catalog - 3+ years of experience writing Python and PySpark code for ETL scripts and custom transformations

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

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About 31,500 in 2026, down 12% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
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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.

Weekly new Data Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 834, the most 1,323, and the latest week had 1,323.
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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

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Databricks Data Engineer and Scientist

The Opportunity:

As a Databricks Data Engineer and Scientist, you will design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines for a critical enterprise Lakehouse, applying your data science, AI, and analytics skills. You will develop and optimize end-to-end data flows, manage ETL processes, design data models, help ensure data security and compliance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and improve performance and scalability. Your experience with Databricks and AWS, along with your SQL, Python, and AI-assisted coding skills, will help you analyze pipelines, support data modeling, and turn raw data into actionable insights across the business.

 

Work with us to use data for good.

 

Join us. The world can’t wait.

 

You Have:   

  • 8+ years of experience designing, developing, deploying, and managing ETL processes and data pipelines, with comprehensive logging and error handling to troubleshoot and resolve issues
  • 3+ years of experience building, debugging, and optimizing data pipelines using Databricks notebooks, clusters, and job orchestration tools, including Delta Lake and Unity Catalog
  • 3+ years of experience writing Python and PySpark code for ETL scripts and custom transformations
  • Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to support data engineering and data modeling tasks
  • Experience with data modeling, including selecting dimensional or relational models, within a Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion architecture
  • Experience using AWS services, including AWS Glue, Amazon S3, and Amazon RDS
  • Knowledge of ETL performance optimization techniques, such as partitioning, bucketing, and caching, and experience troubleshooting query performance
  • Ability to analyze and decompose complex legacy SQL, rebuild data pipelines or models, and compare results to validate accuracy and performance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Engineering, Math, Physics, or Information Systems and Technology

Nice If You Have:   

  • Experience with AWS cloud-native data services such as AWS Lambda or Amazon CloudWatch that support serverless data processing
  • Experience with metadata and data cataloging tools such as AWS Glue Data Catalog or Collibra to manage data assets and lineage
  • Knowledge of data governance, data lineage, and compliance requirements such as GDPR and CCPA that support data quality, privacy, and security
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences, including architectural tradeoffs

  

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. 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.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.


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  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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