Senior Data Engineer

Your Impact

Own your opportunity to support our nation's defense. Make an impact by connecting and securing critical operations across the globe, keeping our country safe and secure.

Job Description

Advance your career while impacting our national security in cyber as Senior 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 Senior 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 DoW military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Senior Data Engineer

Data Engineer Senior (C.5.4) - Designs, builds, and operates enterprise-grade Advana data pipelines supporting ingestion, transformation, movement, and storage across Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS enclaves.

Architects scalable frameworks using Apache Airflow, Kafka, AWS Glue, Databricks, and Spark to deliver automated, fault-tolerant flows aligned with mission requirements for Combatant Commands, Joint Staff elements, and interagency partners.

Establishes medallion-architecture zones using bronze, silver, and gold tiers to govern data refinement, optimize lineage tracking, and strengthen analytics readiness. Implements data quality monitoring capabilities using Great Expectations, Soda, and custom validation gates to detect drift, measure completeness, and elevate accuracy across distributed lakes.

Applies encryption, IAM policies, role-segregated access, and cross-domain guards to maintain compliance with cybersecurity directives.

Leads engineering of self-service connection utilities enabling standardized inbound and outbound integration patterns for mission owners.

Directs root-cause analysis, Tier-3 support responses, performance optimization, and AoA evaluations that recommend modernization paths for cataloging, orchestration, and observability tools.

Produces architecture diagrams, engineering guides, governance documents, and performance dashboards that quantify latency reduction, throughput increases, and platform resilience improvements. Mentors multi-enclave teams and synchronizes with customer-facing groups to translate operational pain points into scalable data engineering enhancements that strengthen Advana enterprise readiness.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree

Experience: 10+ years of related experience

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

Security clearance level: TS/SCI Eligibility

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.

Work Requirements

Years of Experience

10 + years of related experience

may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree

Certification

Travel Required

None

Citizenship

U.S. Citizenship Required

Salary and Benefit Information

The likely salary range for this position is $147,292 - $199,278. 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.

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Our Identity Verification Process

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About Our Work

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers 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 over 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, cloud, cyber and application development. Together with our customers, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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