SteerBridge
Senior Data Engineer
$135K–$175K
Vienna, VA · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 12, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of relevant professional experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship is required; candidates must be able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.
About the job
Plans and manages data infrastructure and builds reliable data solutions for an AI/ML maintenance and deployment-planning project, improving data quality, usability, and availability for analytics and machine learning.
What you'll do
- Design and maintain data models and scalable batch and real-time pipelines across varied data systems.
- Develop and optimize cloud data platforms, databases, and production-quality Python and SQL solutions.
- Implement data governance and quality practices, and collaborate with stakeholders on ML-ready data and analytics.
What they ask for
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain the required security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 6+ years of relevant professional experience, including developing and supporting data pipelines using advanced analytics tools, platforms, and Python.
- Experience scripting, developing tools, and automating large-scale computing environments; proficiency with Python, Pandas, PySpark, NumPy, SciPy, SQL, and Git.
Nice to have
- DevOps/DataOps experience, including infrastructure as code, Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Experience optimizing queries, pipelines, and compute resources; ability to document architectures with Lucidchart, PlantUML, or Draw.io.
Pay
USD 135,000–175,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Python, Pandas, PySpark, NumPy, SciPy, SQL, Git, Kafka
AI focus
Supports an AI/ML maintenance, sustainment, and deployment-planning project by providing ML-ready data pipelines and analytics solutions intended to increase parts availability and reduce maintenance wait times.
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