Data Engineer

Data Engineer

Herndon, VA Herndon, VA Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph Career Level not specified Salary not specified

Job Description

At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it's architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Insight Solutions division delivers intelligence analysis, advanced data science, and strategic decision support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions. Are you ready to lean into analytic approaches that show customers the power of both technical and methodological innovation? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Data Engineer in Herndon, VA or DC.

Responsibilities We are seeking a dedicated Data Engineer to join our dynamic data integration team. This role is pivotal in establishing robust data governance and ensuring data consistency across a large government customer. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the systems that allow our organization to collect, manage, and convert disparate data into usable information for our customer. You will be key to enabling various data providers to deliver high-quality, reliable data. This role requires a strong foundation in data engineering principles and the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a small, collaborative group. Key Responsibilities:

• Design, construct, install, test, and maintain highly scalable data management systems.
• Develop and manage ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes and data pipelines to move data from various sources to a centralized data warehouse.
• Ensure data architecture is optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver appropriate data solutions.
• Implement data quality checks and validation to ensure the integrity and accuracy of data.
• Manage and manipulate data within PostgreSQL databases, ensuring data is clean, transformed, and ready for analysis.
• Develop and support dashboards and reporting tools to summarize and visualize data for stakeholders.

Qualifications Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI clearance with CI poly required to start
• 5+ years with Python (Pandas, NumPy, data visualization tools)
• 3+ years with SQL/PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines and architecture

Desired Qualifications:

• Workflow orchestration tools (Apache Airflow, Nifi)
• Cloud-based data workflows (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Data visualization / dashboarding (Tableau, Grafana, or custom-built)
• GraphQL APIs
• Big data technologies (Spark, Hadoop)
• DevOps practices - CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• NoSQL databases

BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.