Data Engineer, Active Top Secret Clearance

General Dynamics Information Technology

. Transform technology into opportunity as a Data Engineer at GDIT .

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeMechanicsburg • Pennsylvania, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $129,813 - $166,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftApacheAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityETLGoGoogle Cloud PlatformHadoopJavaKafkaMySQLOraclePostgresPythonRabbitMQScalaSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Transform technology into opportunity as a Data Engineer at GDIT
Shape what’s next for mission-critical government projects
Provide technical expertise on a mission-critical program
Develop, modernize, enhance, operate, and maintain services for OIS mission critical systems
Work on a team consisting of Data and Cloud Architects, Engineers, and Administrators
Focus on designing, building, deploying, and maintaining data architectures and databases in the AWS GovCloud environment
Develop, construct, test, and maintain high performance, scalable, and stable data architectures for OIS
Migrate data from on-premises databases to cloud-based solutions
Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and build out new API integrations
Implement and manage databases and data delivery systems
Identify, research, design, develop, and promote solutions to enhance the modern development environment
Implement the data extraction, data load, and database synchronization routines and functions ETL
Improve system performance by conducting tests, troubleshooting, and integrating new elements
Collaborate with data scientists, architects, and other stakeholders to ensure that the data infrastructure supports required functions and performance metrics
Document data architecture and systems for both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders
Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk assessments

Requirements

What you’ll need

Active Top Secret clearance
10+ years of prior Data engineering experience
Experience with implementing data warehousing concepts, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes, and tools (e.g., Pentaho)
Experience with developing and administrating in PostreSQL
Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with other querying languages
Experience in decomposition of Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures and triggers to migrate to Amazon Aurora DB, Postgres, or MySQL
Proven, hands‑on expertise in data modeling, schema design, and database optimization
Knowledge of data security and compliance best practices
Experience with GitLab, Liquibase, CI/CD pipelines highly preferred
Experience with big data technologies such as Apache Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Debezium, RabbitMQ, etc.
Demonstrated experience in network and cyber security design, engineering and operations with emphasis on Navy capabilities
Prior Navy experience
Experience with Cloud data services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
Experience with Cloud Relational Database Services (e.g, AWS RDS, Aurora DB)
SAFe experience and knowledge
Experience with Data warehousing and Business Intelligence tools such as RedShift, MicroStrategy, Erwin Data Modeler, etc.
Experience with one or more programming languages like Python, Java, Scala, or Go
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Must be a self-starter and have the ability to work independently with little supervision.
Certification Requirements: 8570/8140 - IAT II CompTIA Security+ CE
Computing Environment Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Data Engineer or similar equivalent Cloud environment certification or Oracle Database Certified Associate or equivalent Database Certification (highly preferred to have in hand upon applying; if not, must obtain within 3 months of start)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
401K with company match
Competitive pay and paid time off
Full flex work weeks
Vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data engineeringETLData warehousingPostgreSQLSQLOracle PL/SQLData modelingDatabase optimizationBig data technologiesCloud data services

Soft Skills

Excellent verbal communicationExcellent written communicationSelf-starterAbility to work independently

Certifications

8570/8140 - IAT II CompTIA Security+ CEAWS Certified Solutions ArchitectAWS Certified Data EngineerOracle Database Certified Associate