Data Engineer

Data Engineer Opportunity

Elevate your career with MANTECH International Corporation! Join a dynamic team dedicated to national security through cutting-edge technology. Since 1968, MANTECH has led in delivering advanced solutions to government intelligence, the Department of Defense, and Federal Civilian sectors. Dive into innovation in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Your journey to impactful work and rapid growth starts now—be extraordinary at MANTECH!

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career, and customer-oriented Data Engineer for a new initiative within the National Capital Region. This effort supports the rapid design, deployment, operation, and sustainment of enterprise-scale AI, data, and mission platform capabilities across a cloud, edge, and classified operational environment.

This role supports enterprise data ingestion, transformation, governance, and analytics pipeline development. You will ensure that data is AI-ready and optimized for operational deployment across the platform.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design and implement solutions for distributed data processing and streaming architectures.
• Develop and maintain AI-ready data pipelines and capabilities for multi-source data fusion.
• Establish and manage processes for data lineage, metadata management, and data governance.
• Contribute to the implementation and optimization of the Enterprise Data Layer.
• Build data services using technologies like Spark, Kafka, Trino, and Iceberg for large-scale transformation.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 4 or more years of experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT pipeline development, or streaming architectures.
• Expertise in distributed processing frameworks (e.g., Spark) and data warehousing concepts.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and Python for advanced data manipulation and scripting.
• Experience with data quality assurance, governance, and preparing data for AI/ML models.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with emerging data technologies like ClickHouse, Iceberg, and/or OpenSearch.
• Familiarity with streaming platforms such as Kafka or Trino.
• Prior experience supporting Intelligence Community data management initiatives.

Clearance Requirements:

• For onsite work, a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph will be required.

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Frequently communicates with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery.

The projected compensation range for this position is $114,600.00-$190,200.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. In addition, MANTECH invests in its employees beyond just compensation. MANTECH's benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, short-term and long-term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections. MANTECH considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation. If you need a reasonable accommodation to apply for a position with MANTECH, please email us at and provide your name and contact information.