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Senior Data Engineer

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$176,000–282,000/yearAnnual period assumed — pay source
Target Salary Range $176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
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Citizens onlyActive TS/SCI with current polygraph required

What you’ll work on

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  • Outline, develop and implement data engineering solutions

  • Identify, map and model data transformation routines for ingestion into corporate repositories

  • Document new and existing data flows that support data routing implementations

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Outline, develop and implement data engineering solutions.
identify, map and model data transformation routines supporting ingestion into the customer's corporate repositories
be able to document new and existing data flows supporting data routing implementations

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

  • Active TS/SCI clearance with current polygraph
  • 20 years of experience planning and leading systems engineering efforts
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline (5 extra years of systems engineering can substitute)
  • Working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements
  • Comfort working in a Linux environment and with XML, CSV and JSON data

Preferred experience

  • Experience with JAVA and Splunk is highly desired
  • Experience with current and evolving agency dataflow and reporting solutions
  • Experience in developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale systems
  • Experience in leading agile development models
Qualification wording
Active TS/SCI with current polygraph required
Twenty (20) years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required
Working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements
be comfortable working in a Linux environment, interacting with data ontologies (schemas), structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON)
Experience with JAVA and Splunk is highly desired
Experience with current and evolving agency dataflow and reporting solutions
Experience in developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale systems
Experience in leading agile development models
Education & alternatives
- Twenty (20) years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts. - Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required - Five (5) years of additional systems engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
- Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required - Five (5) years of additional systems engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree Benefits: Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
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How this job compares

Pay

Higher than most similar jobs

$176K–$282K against $127K–$190K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

From 2,239 postings in the last year. Stated ranges, not salaries paid.

Time since we first saw it

Day 21

Similar jobs usually come down between day 6 and day 56.

At Peraton, jobs usually come down by about day 42.

From 13,630 similar postings that came down, and 266 of Peraton’s. Coming down is not always a hire.

Peraton is hiring

110 open jobs

Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.

  • Data Engineer hiring is picking up
  • Takes jobs down at a usual pace
  • 6% of open jobs were reposted
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- Working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements - Experience with JAVA and Splunk is highly desired - Experience with current and evolving agency dataflow and reporting solutions
- Have a working knowledge of NiFi, be comfortable working in a Linux environment, interacting with data ontologies (schemas), structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), have database experience (MySQL/NoSQL) and analytic query experience with a platform. - A working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements is highly desired, as well as experience with JAVA and Splunk. Qualifications
Highly Desired Skills: - Have a working knowledge of NiFi, be comfortable working in a Linux environment, interacting with data ontologies (schemas), structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), have database experience (MySQL/NoSQL) and analytic query experience with a platform. - A working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements is highly desired, as well as experience with JAVA and Splunk.

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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 860, the most 1,354, and the latest week had 1,335.
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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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Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Responsibilities

Project Description:

  • The team supports a suite of web-based applications that automate data management for IC data custodians.
  • The products facilitate the capture of information and approvals that allow for the movement of data through the customer mission space in a compliant manner.
  • These products are critical to standardize and simplify data movement as well as data reuse and integration with downstream tools.

 

Job Description:

  • Outline, develop and implement data engineering solutions. 
  • Work with numerous concurrent IC-provided data sets to identify, map and model data transformation routines supporting ingestion into the customer's corporate repositories and be able to document new and existing data flows supporting data routing implementations. 

 

Desired Qualifications:

  • Working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements
  • Experience with JAVA and Splunk is highly desired
  • Experience with current and evolving agency dataflow and reporting solutions
  • Experience in developing system performance, availability, scalability, manageability, and security requirements for mid-to-large scale systems
  • Experience in leading agile development models
  • Experience integrating COTS and GOTS products from multiple vendors
  • Experience developing and deploying storage within clustered or cloud environments
  • Experience planning and integrating secure compliant solutions based on legal, policy, and compliance directives

 

Highly Desired Skills:

  • Have a working knowledge of NiFi, be comfortable working in a Linux environment, interacting with data ontologies (schemas), structured data types (XML, CSV, JSON), have database experience (MySQL/NoSQL) and analytic query experience with a platform.
  • A working knowledge of smart data systems and entitlements is highly desired, as well as experience with JAVA and Splunk.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

  • Active TS/SCI with current polygraph required
  • Twenty (20) years of experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts.
  • Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required
    • Five (5) years of additional systems engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree

 

Benefits: Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees supporting this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap, and eligibility to participate in an attractive bonus plan.

Target Salary Range

$176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.

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Pay
Target Salary Range $176,000 - $282,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Benefits Statement Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.
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