Senior Data Engineer at Steampunk, Inc. in US-VA-McLean
- Company: Steampunk, Inc.
- Location: US-VA-McLean
- Posted: Sep 19, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 7+ years
Overview
We are looking for seasoned Senior Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines in Databricks . We are looking for more than just a " Senior Data Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service…
Job description
- We are looking for seasoned Senior Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines in Databricks . We are looking for more than just a " Senior Data Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for data and problem solving.
Responsibilities
- Lead and architect migration s of data using Databricks with focus on performance , reliability , and scalability .
- Assess and understand ETL jobs, workflows, data marts, BI tools, and reports
- Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature/functionality of data products
- Experience working with database/data warehouse /data mart solutions in cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Key must have skill sets – Databricks, SQL, PySpark / Python , AWS
- Support an Agile software development lifecycle
- You will contribute to the growth of our AI & Data Exploitation Practice !
Requirements
- Current ICE US Public Trust Clearance (Full Background Investigation)
- Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.
- 5 - 7 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems.
- 5 - 7 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as:
- Big data tools: Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake , etc.
- Relational SQL (Preferably T-SQL. Alternatively pgSQL , MySQL) .
- Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Databricks Workflows , Airflow, Step Functions, etc.
- AWS and Azure cloud services: e.g. Databricks on AWS, S3, EC2, RDS .
- Object-oriented/object function scripting languages: PySpark / Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
- Experience working with Data Lake house architecture and Delta Lake /Apache Iceberg
- Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.
- Experience manipulating, processing , and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.
- Ability to inspect existing data pipelines, discern their purpose and functionality, and re-implement them efficiently in Databricks.
- Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data .
- Experience architecting data systems (transactional and warehouses).
- Experience the SDLC, CI/CD, and op erating in dev/test/prod environments.
- Experience with data cataloging tools such as Informatica EDC, Unity Catalog, Collibra, Alati on, Purview, or DataZone is a plus .
- Commitment to data governance.
- Experience working in an Agile environment .
- Experience supporting project teams of developers and data scientists who build web-based interfaces, dashboards, reports, and analytics/machine learning models
Skills
Required
- Databricks
- SQL
- PySpark / Python
- AWS
- Apache Spark
- Delta Lake
- Relational SQL (T-SQL, pgSQL, MySQL)
- Data Lake house architecture
- Data governance
- Agile environment
- SDLC, CI/CD, dev/test/prod environments