Top Senior Data Engineer Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead design and implementation of data infrastructure, pipelines, and warehouses using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Snowflake. Manage data modeling, quality, security, and analytics frameworks. Lead client accounts, mentor teams, and drive innovation to deliver data-driven business insights.

Lead design and implementation of scalable data infrastructure, pipelines, and transformations using cloud platforms. Build and optimize data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks), orchestrate workflows (Airflow, Hadoop), ensure data quality and security, and coach teams to deliver analytics solutions that drive tax practice insights and client outcomes.

Design and build data infrastructure, pipelines, and transformations using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Snowflake. Develop data architecture and modeling, maintain data lakes/warehouses, ensure data quality and security, optimize performance, and collaborate with clients to deliver tailored data solutions and governance.

Lead design and implementation of enterprise data architecture and cloud-based data solutions. Manage large data engineering projects, develop data models and pipelines, ensure governance and security compliance, advise clients strategically, and build high-performing inclusive teams.

Designs, develops, and supports analytics data solutions for clients, including Snowflake and dbt ingestion and transformation pipelines, data marts, validation, monitoring, governance, and documentation. Manages multiple consulting projects, budgets, timelines, quality assurance, troubleshooting, client communication, and implementation planning. Requires strong data engineering experience, regulated-industry knowledge, stakeholder communication, and willingness to travel.

Build and manage data ingestion, integration, transformation, modeling, and quality frameworks for federal financial management and IT programs. Analyze large datasets using SQL, Python, R, PySpark, and Databricks; develop predictive models and apply machine learning techniques. Ensure data governance and quality standards, define Databricks data quality metrics, support client meetings and documentation, and contribute to consulting and business development activities.

Lead the architecture and development of scalable AWS-based data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration pipelines. Build reliable data infrastructure using Python, SQL, Airflow, Lambda, ECS, SQS, and Terraform. Establish data modeling, quality, lineage, monitoring, testing, and observability practices while partnering with analysts, scientists, and backend engineers. Mentor senior engineers, guide technical decisions, and provide hands-on leadership for complex data platform initiatives.

Design, build, and maintain reliable ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, warehouses, lakes, and databases. Implement data quality, monitoring, cleansing, and security practices while supporting AI-ready data capabilities and analytics initiatives. Collaborate with architects, analysts, business stakeholders, vendors, and consultants to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions. Document processes, troubleshoot issues, optimize workflows, and manage multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment.

Leads customer-facing enterprise data engineering engagements for federal clients, designing scalable data architectures, pipelines, integrations, APIs, object storage solutions, and Java-based applications. Responsibilities include architecture workshops, technical implementation, troubleshooting, documentation, customer communication, mentoring junior engineers, and service innovation. The role requires active Top Secret clearance, at least eight years of relevant experience, strong consulting skills, and expertise across enterprise software, data engineering, and integration technologies.

Design, build, and maintain scalable Spark-based ETL pipelines and computed tables in a central data lake. Integrate structured and unstructured IoT, sensor, and external data for analytics, model training, and dashboards. Collaborate with Data Science, Analytics, and ML teams to ensure reliable, high-quality customer-facing datasets.

Build and support scalable data platforms and pipelines, leading migrations such as Snowflake to BigQuery and transitioning reporting to Looker. Responsibilities include data architecture, ETL/ELT, API and marketing integrations, data quality, production troubleshooting, warehousing, performance optimization, and platform modernization. The role partners with analytics and business teams, owns projects through production, documents solutions, and provides technical guidance.

Build scalable, secure data pipelines, models, platforms, and governance systems that enable AI applications to access trusted enterprise data. Partner with analytics, marketing, and product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions, independently deliver projects through production, and support sensitive-data security and access controls. Preferred experience includes LLM architectures, cloud data platforms, infrastructure as code, regulated environments, and technical leadership.

Design and scale lakehouse architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers. Build reliable streaming and batch pipelines with Kafka, Spark, and Airflow; manage Iceberg, Delta, and Hudi table formats; optimize Trino, Starburst, and Databricks queries; and improve platform reliability, data quality, and performance. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and product teams to deliver scalable data platform solutions.

Design and scale lakehouse architecture, streaming and batch pipelines, and reliable data platforms using Kafka, Spark, Airflow, Iceberg, Databricks, and related technologies. Build Medallion-layer data systems, manage open table formats, optimize distributed queries, monitor platform reliability, resolve data quality issues, and collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and product teams.

Build and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and data foundations using Databricks, dbt, and AWS. Transform raw structured and unstructured data into reliable datasets for product analytics and data science, including telemetry, streaming data, and feature engineering. Develop dashboards in Tableau and Databricks, optimize workflows, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, analytics, and data science stakeholders to support product health, adoption, and performance insights.

Design and optimize Snowflake data warehouses, dbt transformation models, and scalable ETL/ELT pipelines. Develop ingestion utilities, improve SQL and warehouse performance, establish data quality and governance controls, and maintain CI/CD workflows using Git. Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders across manufacturing, supply chain, and operations. The role also supports modern DataOps practices and may involve orchestration tools and cloud platforms.

Design, build, and maintain Keboola-based data pipelines integrating multiple business systems to deliver accurate, scalable data for supply chain, logistics, and transportation analytics; collaborate with analysts and engineers; support documentation, governance, and pipeline automation.

Designs, builds, and maintains cloud data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting VA healthcare analytics. Responsibilities include patient matching, record linkage, data harmonization, quality management, documentation, performance optimization, and pipeline support. Collaborates with analysts and stakeholders to develop scalable solutions and Power BI reports using Databricks SparkSQL. The role requires federal healthcare data experience, strong SQL or Spark SQL skills, and the ability to obtain a VA Public Trust clearance.

Designs, develops, and supports SAP HANA reporting solutions and enterprise data products. Responsibilities include building data pipelines, calculation views, BI visualizations, embedded analytics, validation processes, metadata documentation, demos, and user training. The role partners with stakeholders, analysts, data scientists, and process teams to translate business requirements into deployable data solutions and improve the organization’s data platform.

Build and configure a government Databricks workspace, develop ingestion pipelines from enterprise systems, and prepare data for reporting. Implement Unity Catalog governance, metadata, auditing, and lineage; configure MLflow workflows; assess security controls for sensitive data; and create architecture documentation, data dictionaries, and operating procedures. The role also requires integrating legacy systems, optimizing Delta Lake pipelines, and supporting long-term platform sustainment.

Designs and maintains ELT pipelines, warehouse integrations, data models, and data quality processes. Collaborates with data scientists, analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to deliver scalable analytical solutions. Responsibilities include data integration, governance, security, performance optimization, exploratory analysis, visualization, and cloud-based API ingestion. Requires strong SQL, DBT, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, cloud, and scripting experience, plus leadership and communication skills.

Build and maintain production data pipelines, Airflow DAGs, Snowflake infrastructure, and Data Vault 2.0 models. Ensure data quality, observability, security, governance, reliability, and cost efficiency through automated testing and CI/CD. Lead technical projects end-to-end, collaborate with stakeholders, and support SOX-relevant reporting while developing expertise in commercial insurance data and processes.

Designs scalable Databricks solutions and ETL/ELT pipelines while administering MariaDB and SQL Server environments. Responsibilities include database design, performance tuning, backup and disaster recovery, security and access management, data modeling, quality and lineage, and troubleshooting complex data issues. The role collaborates with stakeholders and technical teams, translates requirements into secure solutions, provides technical direction, and delivers demonstrations and training for Department of Transportation support.

Build and operate reliable ETL and ELT pipelines across lakehouse and transactional systems. Develop data models, enforce governance, integrate diverse data sources, and support analytics, APIs, and predictive tools. Monitor performance, data quality, lineage, cost, and uptime while collaborating with data science, AI, product, and innovation teams.

Designs and develops complex cloud-native data solutions, scalable batch and real-time pipelines, APIs, data models, and enterprise data platforms. Implements data governance, quality, lineage, security, observability, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational reporting capabilities. Collaborates with architects, product owners, analysts, governance, security, and platform teams on technology strategy and cloud modernization. Mentors engineers, leads technical design discussions, presents recommendations, and supports AI-ready data products and emerging development tools.