Data Engineer - Black Cape
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 2, 2026.
Black Cape
Title: Data Engineer (2+ years - Senior Level)
Locations: Pentagon (Arlington) or Marks Center (Alexandria), VA or Arlington HQ office
ONSITE: Ability to go ONSITE 3 - 5 days per week
Clearance: MUST have an Active Secret clearance and willingness to get a TS/SCI
***MUST HAVE an Active Secret clearance and willingness to get a TS/SCI****
***If you do NOT have a US Citizenship AND a Security Clearance issued by a US Government Customer, we will likely not get back to you. It is a REQUIREMENT of the job.***
Black Cape has Won “Best Places to Work” every year in existence by either the Washington Business Journal & Virginia’s Best Places to Work!
Want to be a part of an intelligent, talented, dynamic, and FUN team and keep building something GREAT?? Then, you should consider Black Cape!
- We work with Department of Defense (DoW) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers to accomplish their missions
- Come join us to work on cloud-native full-stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and machine learning capabilities
- Be a part of a team that is making an impact and HAVE FUN while doing so!
About the company
Black Cape is a unique technology company with a focus on full-stack web applications, advanced data analysis tools, and integrating AI/ML capabilities for federal government customers. We are a COOL and FUN crew that works hard and plays maybe even a little harder. Our core team is an impressive group of engineers with exceptional leadership at the helm.
Black Cape is led by proven business and engineering leaders with a track record of building innovative technology companies focused on building mission applications. We support many programs and agencies as both a prime and a subcontractor and created a strong reputation working with top tier partners doing work for all major Intelligence Community agencies, DoW, and Special Operations customers.
Our engineer-led software teams develop technical solutions on an aggressive schedule across the DoW and IC to meet customer needs. Our engineers apply proven, repeatable software, technical, and analytical approaches to build solutions and have frequent interaction with end users to produce and deploy solutions.
We bring experience in building, integrating and deploying AI/ML solutions using Google TensorFlow, Python scikit-learn, and other tools. Black Cape’s approach to solution development combines lessons learned from developing and deploying applications to customer cloud environments with industry best practices in Agile development and DevOps.
What we are Hiring:
Exceptional Data Engineers to ensure data availability (movement, modification, and storage) with Software Engineers and Data Scientists ensuring deployments and scalability for critical users!!
We are considering Mid to Senior Level Data Engineers.
We are expanding and need to hire motivated data engineers to help build innovative solutions for our customers. The ideal candidate needs limited direction and must be passionate about technology. A willingness and desire to pick up new technologies or languages quickly is a must.
Our team builds and deploys cutting-edge AI and Machine Learning applications that directly support national security missions. We leverage the Databricks platform for advanced data science and engineering, and transform complex model outputs into compelling, interactive dashboards.
Our work is grounded in successful deployments on JWICS, NIPR, SIPR utilizing AWS, combining commercial best practices in an Agile environment to ensure we deliver impactful capabilities to senior defense leadership.
Required Technical Skills (MUST HAVES):
- 3+ years of professional experience needed for MOST of our opportunities
- Python experience with data manipulation, scripting, and more
- Databricks experience
- Proficient in designing and implementing Extract Transform Load (ETL) data processes
- Experience with at least ONE relational database, such as PostgreSQL, MySQL or SQLite
- Experience with Agile SCRUM methodologies
Preferred Technical Skills (NICE TO HAVES):
- Familiar with database design, server management, connection protocols, database normalization, and principles of information theory
- Experience with data cleaning or data organization
- Familiar with SQL, NoSQL and Graph Databases and Data Lakes
- Familiar with Dashboarding tools similar to Qlik
- Familiar with Cybersecurity with design and implementation of unique data transfer protocols
Great Benefits | 401K | Competitive Salary | Generous Time Off | Exceptional Team-Building & Fun Company Events | Mentorship & Professional Development Programs | Tuition Reimbursement | Parental Leave Policy