Dark Wolf Solutions
Data Engineer - Expert
$165K–$200K
Chantilly/Herndon, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- Chantilly/Herndon, VA
Chantilly, Virginia, United States - Experience
- 7-10+ years of data engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a US Citizen holding an active TS/SCI security clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph.
About the job
Leads the architecture, scaling, governance, and security of high-throughput enterprise data platforms across multi-cloud and air-gapped environments.
What you'll do
- Design and implement distributed batch and streaming data platforms, and optimize execution engines for petabyte-scale workloads.
- Provision platform infrastructure and establish data quality, lineage, security, and compliance controls.
- Lead engineering pods, deliver Agile sprint work, set technical standards, and mentor staff.
What they ask for
- Active TS/SCI clearance with an active Full-Scope Polygraph; must be a US Citizen.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Expert-level mastery of Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, Ray, workflow orchestration engines, Python, Scala, SQL, and Go.
- Advanced experience with Kubernetes, multi-cloud and hybrid cloud architecture, Terraform, and DevSecOps security and compliance practices.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, CISSP, or Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer; experience with air-gapped or high-assurance defense networks.
Pay
$165,000.00 – $200,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Spark, Trino/Presto, Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, Ray, Delta Lake, Terraform
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