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Senior Data Engineer

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This role is for a Senior Data Engineer with a 3-month contract leading to full-time, located in Washington DC, Fayetteville, NC, Tampa, FL, or McLean, VA. Requires 5+ years in data engineering, Python, SQL, and experience with Palantir tools. Secret clearance needed.
🌎 - Country
United States
πŸ’± - Currency
$ USD
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πŸ’° - Day rate
Unknown
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πŸ—“οΈ - Date
May 23, 2026
πŸ•’ - Duration
3 to 6 months
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🏝️ - Location
On-site
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πŸ“„ - Contract
Fixed Term
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πŸ”’ - Security
Yes
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πŸ“ - Location detailed
Washington, DC
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Engineering #Hadoop #IoT (Internet of Things) #BI (Business Intelligence) #Python #Microsoft Power BI #Spark (Apache Spark) #Mathematics #ML (Machine Learning) #Databricks #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Computer Science #SQL (Structured Query Language) #R #Tableau #Visualization #AWS EMR (Amazon Elastic MapReduce) #Scala #Security #Data Science #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Agile #Qlik #Kafka (Apache Kafka)
Role description
Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, GTSS Inc, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Job Title: Senior Data Engineer Locations- Washington DC or Fayetteville, NC or Tampa, FL or McLean, VA (Onsite- 2-3 Days) Duration: Contract to Full Time (3 Months Contract to Direct hire with Client) The Opportunity: Ever-expanding technology like IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence means that there’s more structured and unstructured data available today than ever before. As a data engineer, you know that organizing data can yield pivotal insights when it’s gathered from disparate sources. We need an experienced data engineer like you to help our clients find answers in their data to impact important missions. As a data engineer, you’ll implement data engineering activities on some of the most mission-driven projects in the industry. You’ll deploy and develop pipelines and workflows that organize and make disparate data meaningful. Here, you’ll work with and guide a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in a fast-paced, agile environment. You’ll use your experience in analytical exploration and data examination while you manage the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of analytic solutions for your clients. Work with us to use data for good. This position requires access to restricted facilities. Due to the nature of work performed within those facilities, U.S. citizenship is required. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: β€’ 5+ years of experience in data engineering, application development, data science, or related technical field β€’ 3+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining data applications for reporting and analytics at enterprise scale β€’ 3+ years of experience with Python, SQL, Scala, or R β€’ Experience creating solutions within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment β€’ Bachelor''''s degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, or related technical field β€’ Secret clearance β€’ Valid US Passport Mandatory β€’ Experience with Palantir tools, such as Foundry β€’ Experience with distributed data/computing tools including Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka β€’ Experience with data visualization or geospatial tools, such as Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, or ArcGIS β€’ Experience with Agile engineering practices β€’ Experience working within a Combatant Command or other DoD organization β€’ TS/SCI clearance Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.