Senior Data Pipeline Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

We are seeking a results-driven ETL Data Process Automation Engineer whose primary focus is transforming reporting workflows through cutting-edge process automation. In this role, you will design, engineer, and deploy highly scalable Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) data pipelines that handle both batch and incremental data ingestion with robust validation controls. Utilizing SQL and Python data frameworks (Pandas, PySpark, or Polars), you will preprocess, normalize, aggregate, and reshape high-volume datasets into clean, actionable structures. Furthermore, you will develop and maintain reusable Python automation packages for agency-wide use, driving seamless data processing and automated reporting across critical mission threads.

The annual base salary range for this role is $156,000-$184,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

, Required Skills

Automated Reporting Workflow Engineering: Proven expertise designing and automating end-to-end reporting processes, replacing manual churn with programmatic pipelines.

• Scalable ETL Architecture Ingestion: Deep experience building robust batch and incremental ETL/ELT pipelines with automated data validation, quality checks, and error handling.

• Advanced Data Transformation Modeling: Mastery of SQL and Python for preprocessing, filtering, normalizing, aggregating, and reshaping complex, multi-source datasets.

• Python Data Processing Toolkits: Hands-on proficiency with modern Python data libraries, specifically Pandas, PySpark, or Polars.

• Python Package Development Maintenance: Experience authoring, testing, and maintaining reusable Python packages and libraries for deployment and use by agency personnel.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Computational Linguistics, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 10+ years of professional experience in data science, NLP, or software engineering OR  Associate's Degree PLUS 12+ years of specialized technical experience in lieu of a degree.

, Desired Skills

Automated Dashboarding BI Tools: Hands-on experience constructing and automating interactive visual dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.

Distributed Computing Frameworks: Familiarity operating within distributed big-data environments using Apache Spark or Hadoop ecosystems.

CI/CD MLOps Infrastructure: Exposure to automated testing and deployment pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins) for python packages and data scripts.

, About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team, 

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle. 

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule. 

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.