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Senior Data Engineer - Databricks

Steampunk

McLean, VAJob$125–165K/yrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$125–165K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearance

Job overview

Steampunk is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to develop enterprise-grade data platforms, services, and pipelines in Databricks for its team and clients. The role leads data migrations and supports data engineering across cloud environments, with AWS preferred. The engineer will work with project teams and contribute to the company’s AI and Data Exploitation Practice.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

CommunicationCustomer ServiceDatabricksSQLPySparkPythonAWSApache SparkDelta LakeT-SQLPostgreSQLMySQLDatabricks WorkflowsAirflowStep FunctionsS3EC2RDSAzureJavaC++ScalaData Lakehouse ArchitectureApache IcebergQuery OptimizationRelational DatabasesData ExtractionStructured and Unstructured DataData Systems ArchitectureSDLCCI/CDData CatalogingInformatica EDCUnity CatalogCollibraAlationPurviewDataZoneData GovernanceAgile

Qualifications

Public Trust Eligibility5+ Years Industry Experience5+ Years Data Engineering Experience

Full job description

Overview

We are looking forseasoned Senior Data Engineer to work with our team and our clients to develop enterprise grade data platforms, services, and pipelines in Databricks. We are looking for more than just a "Senior Data Engineer", but a technologist with excellent communication and customer service skills and a passion for data and problem solving.

Contributions

  • Lead and architect migrations of data using Databricks with focus on performance, reliability, and scalability.

  • Assess and understand ETL jobs, workflows, data marts, BI tools, and reports

  • Address technical inquiries concerning customization, integration, enterprise architecture and general feature/functionality of data products

  • Experience working with database/data warehouse/data mart solutions in cloud (Preferably AWS. Alternatively Azure, GCP).

  • Key must have skill sets – Databricks, SQL,PySpark/Python, AWS

  • Support an Agile software development lifecycle

  • You will contribute to the growth of our AI & Data Exploitation Practice!

Qualifications

  • Ability to hold a position of public trust with the US government.

  • 5-7 years industry experience coding commercial software and a passion for solving complex problems.

  • 5-7 years direct experience in Data Engineering with experience in tools such as:

  • Big data tools: Databricks, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, etc.

  • Relational SQL (Preferably T-SQL.AlternativelypgSQL, MySQL).

  • Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Databricks Workflows, Airflow, Step Functions, etc.

  • AWS cloud services: Databricks on AWS, S3, EC2, RDS (or Azure equivalents).

  • Object-oriented/object function scripting languages:PySpark/Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.

  • Experience working with Data Lakehouse architecture and Delta Lake/Apache Iceberg

  • Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring and optimization (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.

  • Experience manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.

  • Ability to inspect existing data pipelines, discern their purpose and functionality, and re-implement them efficiently in Databricks.

  • Experience manipulating structured and unstructured data.

  • Experience architecting data systems (transactional and warehouses).

  • Experience the SDLC, CI/CD, and operating in dev/test/prod environments.

  • Experience with data cataloging tools such as Informatica EDC, Unity Catalog, Collibra, Alation, Purview, orDataZoneis a plus.

  • Commitment to data governance.

  • Experience working in an Agile environment.

  • Experience supporting project teams of developers and data scientists who build web-based interfaces, dashboards, reports, and analytics/machine learning models

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $125,000 to $165,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian,Healthand DoD sectors.  Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations ourFederalclients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates _in the E-Verify program. _

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date (11/1/2026 10:36 AM)

Job ID 6161

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

How this job compares

Set against the 5,633 open Data Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$125–165K/yr
  • Virginia median$120–190K/yr323 salary ranges
  • US median$125–208K/yr4,336 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $145K, is 7% below the Virginia median midpoint ($155K) — in the middle half of Data Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 395 open Data Engineer jobs in Virginia and 5,633 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Data Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,882 postings).
Education
2,157 of the 5,633 open Data Engineer jobs (38%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 2, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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