SZNS Solutions

Data Engineer

SZNS Solutions

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Reston • Virginia • United States

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Tech Stack

AirflowApacheBigQueryCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaMongoDBNeo4jNoSQLPostgresPythonRustSparkSQL

About the role

  • Architect and deploy pipelines to ingest, transform, and store data from high volume, disparate sources for real-time analysis
  • Create a highly reliable single source of truth for enterprise intelligence and enablement
  • Architect and optimize production-grade data foundations to support high-performance AI workflows and automated decision-making.
  • Establish and automate strict data security, quality assurance, and governance processes. Design systems for high fault tolerance and rapid disaster recovery
  • Design and model for efficient queries, resource usage, workload scheduling, and cost

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, within a cloud environment, demonstrating a clear progression from engineering into architectural design
  • Proficiency in SQL and strong programming skills in Python, Rust, or Java
  • Experience building and maintaining data pipelines using processing/streaming frameworks (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Beam, Spark) and orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow)
  • Experience architecting data stores and schemas for AI workflows (e.g., RAG)
  • Active Google Cloud certifications, or willingness to obtain within one month of joining
  • Builder mentality and bias for action
  • US Citizen
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Deep expertise in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ecosystem, specifically building streaming and batch pipelines using Dataflow (Apache Beam), Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and Cloud Composer (Airflow)
  • Strong background in data modeling and architecture across relational (e.g., PostgreSQL), NoSQL (e.g., Firestore, MongoDB), and graph databases (e.g., Neo4j), including modern cloud data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery) and data lakes (e.g., GCS, Dataproc)
  • Demonstrated experience setting up infrastructure for modern data science, machine learning, or Generative AI (e.g., preparing unstructured data, vector databases, RAG pipelines)
  • Familiarity with regulatory compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, HIPAA, etc.) and security strategies
  • Experience with modern data platforms like Snowflake or Databricks
Benefits
  • Competitive salary and benefits package
  • Hybrid work environment (MWF in-person in our Reston office)
  • A collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Continuous learning and development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythonRustJavadata engineeringdata pipelinesdata modelingdata architecturemachine learningGenerative AI
Soft Skills
builder mentalitybias for action
Certifications
Google Cloud certifications