# Senior Data Engineer

**Company**: Dark Wolf
**Location**: Herndon, VA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $150,000 to $175,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Dark Wolf is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their team in Herndon, VA, supporting the Defense Health community. This position offers hybrid/remote flexibility.

The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize robust data pipelines and infrastructure to ensure reliable, accessible, and high-quality operational medicine data for analytics and mission-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and deliver top-notch solutions using DevSecOps best practices for a Department of Defense customer.

- Utilize leading languages and frameworks such as Python (FastAPI), AWS, SQL (Trino SQL), and Rancher Kubernetes to create high-performance data engineering solutions.

- Build high-throughput data pipelines using Apache Spark, DBT, and Trino to aggregate, standardize, and process large volumes of heterogeneous data.

- Establish RESTful API endpoints for rapid return of large volumes of analytical health data.

- Take ownership of project domains and quickly become proficient in new subjects.

- Leverage Test Driven Development and User-Centered design best practices to automate testing and ensure delivered software meets customer needs.

- Apply software design best practices to identify and analyze potential solutions, generate design diagrams, and participate in technical exchange meetings.

- Embrace shared responsibility for system security.

- Engage continuously with project teams to deliver quality products.

- Participate in daily standups, sprint planning/review meetings, and customer demo sessions.

Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent experience) with at least 8 years of professional experience working in an Agile team with DevOps practices and modern programming languages and frameworks.

- Experience with modern programming languages and frameworks including Python (FastAPI, Django, Flask), JavaScript (Node.js, Express, Vue, Svelte, React), and Java (Spring Boot).

- Experience developing data-focused solutions, designing and implementing OpenAPI compliant data schemas and REST APIs, and implementing data persistence and query logic.

- Experience developing AWS cloud solutions with a focus on data services such as S3, RDS, and EMR.

- Experience building scalable, production-grade data solutions for thousands of concurrent data consumers.

- US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance.

Desired Qualifications:

- Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.

- Experience with AI/ML, Kubernetes (Rancher RKE2, AWS EKS), and microservice architectures.

- Experience with data engineering and big data technologies such as Apache Airflow, Trino, and AWS EMR.

- Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework, security accreditation process, HL7, FHIR, and Mirth Connect.

- Familiarity with Great Expectations, data contracts, and data validation.

This position has a hybrid schedule flexibility. The salary range is expected to be between $150,000 to $175,000, commensurate on experience.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- FastAPI
- AWS
- SQL
- Trino SQL
- Rancher Kubernetes
- Apache Spark
- DBT
- DevSecOps
- Test Driven Development
- User Centered design
- OpenAPI
- REST APIs
- Object Relational Mapping
- ORM libraries
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Express
- Vue
- Svelte
- React
- Java
- Spring Boot

### Nice to have
- AI/ML
- Kubernetes
- Rancher RKE2
- AWS EKS
- microservice architectures
- Apache Airflow
- NIST Risk Management Framework
- security accreditation process
- HL7
- FHIR
- Mirth Connect
- Great Expectations
- data contracts
- data validation

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