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Data Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology • Falls Church, VA • 1h ago

Req ID: RQ220318

Type of Requisition: Regular

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required: None

Job Family: IT Infrastructure and Operations

Skills:

Amazon Web Services (AWS),Analytics,Data Movement

Experience:

3 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Data Engineer at GDIT. Here, technologists have many paths to grow a meaningful career supporting cyber missions and operations across the federal government.

The Advana team is seeking a Data Engineer to join their program . Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office's (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Data Engineer

Builds and maintains Advana ingestion, transformation, and storage pipelines supporting operational analytics across Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS enclaves.

Develops automated processing flows using Apache Airflow, Spark, AWS Glue, and Kafka to support reliable data movement into medallion-architecture zones.

Implements data connections, schema mappings, and structured interfaces to support enterprise data marketplaces and downstream tooling teams. Applies data quality controls using rule engines, profiling utilities, and anomaly-detection checks to validate accuracy, completeness, and consistency at the source and lake layers.

Configures encryption, access policies, and data-handling rules to meet DoD cybersecurity requirements for mission environments.

Executes Tier-2 and Tier-3 support actions, performing incident diagnosis, SLA tracking, and pipeline restoration tasks.

Builds utilities for standardized inbound and outbound data acquisition, supporting analytics teams, application developers, and operational mission users.

Documents data pipelines, workflows, storage models, and dependency chains in repositories such as Confluence, GitLab, and SharePoint.

Produces operational metrics capturing throughput, failure rates, restart patterns, and quality scores to guide engineering improvements.

Collaborates with platform, infrastructure, and data governance teams to incorporate architectural updates, security changes, and tool enhancements into ongoing operations, strengthening stability and mission value across all Advana enclaves.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED

? Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree

? Experience: 3+ years of related experience

? Certification: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified: Big Data Specialty

? Security clearance level: TS/SCI

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE

At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.

? Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities

? Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals

? Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off

? Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at https://gdit.com/tc.

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