Overview

Mid-Level Data Engineer

Springfield, VA

Are you ready to enhance your skills and build your career in a rapidly evolving business climate? Are you looking for a career where professional development is embedded in your employer’s core culture? If so, Chenega Military, Intelligence & Operations Support (MIOS) could be the place for you! Join our team of professionals who support large-scale government operations by leveraging cutting-edge technology and take your career to the next level!  

Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions (CARS) was created with the purpose of providing integrated enterprise IT support to Federal customers both CONUS and OCONUS. CARS employs Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) with decades of experience working in the Federal marketplace. 

The Data Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise data pipelines, dashboards, and visualization solutions that support operational monitoring, analytics, and decision-making. This role works with enterprise monitoring platforms, cloud technologies, databases, APIs, and automation tools to collect, transform, and visualize operational data while ensuring data quality, reliability, and scalability. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Python, SQL, cloud-based data engineering, ETL/ELT processes, and data visualization, along with the ability to communicate technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work with enterprise monitoring tools including Grafana, Prometheus, and ServiceNow to integrate operational events, service impacts, and system metrics into dashboards and visualizations.
• Quickly learn and apply new enterprise monitoring, visualization, analytics, and data platforms as business needs evolve.
• Design, build, and maintain interactive dashboards, reports, charts, and visualizations that communicate operational performance and actionable insights.
• Translate monitoring and analysis results into meaningful operational metrics that support decision-making.
• Collect, clean, transform, and organize data from SQL/NoSQL databases, APIs, streaming services, and flat files to ensure accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
• Build, maintain, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines and data ingestion workflows for centralized data repositories and reporting.
• Implement data validation and quality checks to maintain data integrity across data platforms.
• Develop scripts and automation to streamline repetitive tasks and improve operational efficiency.
• Investigate and troubleshoot data pipeline, observability, monitoring, and reporting issues independently and collaboratively.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, managers, analysts, and technical teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Maintain documentation for data systems, workflows, and business rules.
• Utilize Git for version control and follow established development best practices to support reliable deployment and maintenance of data solutions.
• Present technical findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with team members and share knowledge of tools, processes, and best practices.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for operational improvement.
• Apply data modeling and data storytelling techniques to transform raw data into actionable insights.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent with 8+ years of relevant experience OR:
• Associate’s degree and 6+ years’ experience OR:
• Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years’ experience
  • Experience designing and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines.
• TS/SCI clearance
• Successfully pass background and drug screening

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and developing dashboards, reports, and data visualizations using tools such as Grafana, Power BI, Tableau, Kibana, or similar platforms.
• Experience automating data workflows using Apache Airflow or similar orchestration tools.
• Experience with cloud platforms and services such as AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue), Azure Data Factory, or Google BigQuery for data storage, processing, and orchestration.
• Familiarity with secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud data solutions.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices in data engineering environments.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Familiarity with data warehousing, data modeling, and version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, and working with RESTful APIs.
• Ability to work independently and yet be effective within a team setting
• Must be capable of managing multiple efforts with time-related constraints in a fast-paced contracting environment
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with diverse internal and external stakeholder groups and individuals
• Friendly presence, helpful attitude, good interpersonal skills, and ability to work well with others.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office applications
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Applications, and experience working in a home office setting as well as the ability to train end users on frequently asked technical issues.
• Ability to provide technical assistance and support over the phone; good phone skills, professional demeanor, and previous customer service experience strongly desired.
• Good problem-solving skills; ability to visualize a problem/situation and think abstractly to solve it

How you’ll grow

At Chenega MIOS, our professional development plan focuses on helping our team members at every level of their careers to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn.  

We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their careers.  

Benefits

At Chenega MIOS, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our team members and offer them a broad range of benefits.  

Learn more about what working at Chenega MIOS can mean for you.  

Chenega MIOS’s culture

Our positive and supportive culture encourages our team members to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and continuously look for new ways to maintain a culture where we excel and lead healthy, happy lives.  

Corporate citizenship

Chenega MIOS is led by a purpose to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our team members, and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities.  

Learn more about Chenega’s impact on the world.  

Chenega MIOS News- https://chenegamios.com/news/

Tips from your Talent Acquisition Team

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