

Strategic Staffing Solutions
Data Engineer
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This role is for a Data Engineer in McLean, VA, for 2 years at $75-$85/hr W2. Requires a Bachelor’s, 3+ years in application development, and expertise in big data technologies, Python, SQL, and cloud platforms.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
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💰 - Day rate
680
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🗓️ - Date
December 2, 2025
🕒 - Duration
More than 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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📄 - Contract
W2 Contractor
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
McLean, VA
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Agile #ML (Machine Learning) #Public Cloud #NoSQL #Scala #Azure #Data Management #Data Engineering #Big Data #Spark (Apache Spark) #Python #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Batch #Hadoop #Java #MySQL #Unix #Microsoft Azure #Redshift #Shell Scripting #Kafka (Apache Kafka) #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Linux #Snowflake #Scripting #Cloud
Role description
Data Engineer
Data Management - Big Data/Machine Learning Engineer - Lead
Location: McLean VA 22102 (Onsite)
Duration: 2 years
Pay- $75-$85/hr W2 ONLY, NO C2C
Overview:
• Recommender is a key driver of Incremental PV for Campaign Arbitration on EASE creating over $400MM PV generated via Machine Learning optimization. For 2026 the platform will expand to support Email arbitration gating 100M emails/month.
• The platform RTE is expected to increase by 75% through expanded batch data and model training infra.
• The additional NAL will critically support RTE for the email expansion as well as add bench strength for campaign RTE. This will free up FTEs for Q1/Q2 KRs to produce the Replay framework and take ownership of the model training infrastructure.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in application development (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 1 year of experience in big data technologies
Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in application development including Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
• 2+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• 3+ years experience with Distributed data/computing tools (MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL)
• 2+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• 2+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation (Mongo, Cassandra)
• 2+ years of data warehousing experience (Redshift or Snowflake)
• 3+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting
• 2+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices
Data Engineer
Data Management - Big Data/Machine Learning Engineer - Lead
Location: McLean VA 22102 (Onsite)
Duration: 2 years
Pay- $75-$85/hr W2 ONLY, NO C2C
Overview:
• Recommender is a key driver of Incremental PV for Campaign Arbitration on EASE creating over $400MM PV generated via Machine Learning optimization. For 2026 the platform will expand to support Email arbitration gating 100M emails/month.
• The platform RTE is expected to increase by 75% through expanded batch data and model training infra.
• The additional NAL will critically support RTE for the email expansion as well as add bench strength for campaign RTE. This will free up FTEs for Q1/Q2 KRs to produce the Replay framework and take ownership of the model training infrastructure.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 3 years of experience in application development (Internship experience does not apply)
• At least 1 year of experience in big data technologies
Preferred Qualifications:
• 5+ years of experience in application development including Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
• 2+ years of experience with a public cloud (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• 3+ years experience with Distributed data/computing tools (MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, EMR, Kafka, Spark, Gurobi, or MySQL)
• 2+ year experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
• 2+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation (Mongo, Cassandra)
• 2+ years of data warehousing experience (Redshift or Snowflake)
• 3+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting
• 2+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices






