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Join a dynamic team at the forefront of national security, providing advanced solutions to government intelligence agencies. Since 1968, we’ve been solving the toughest challenges with groundbreaking tech. Explore thrilling projects in Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, IT, Data Analytics and Software Development. Elevate your career and make a difference. Your adventure begins now-unleash your potential with MANTECH!\nMANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Ashburn, VA. This is a hybrid-remote position with 2-3 days on-site per week.\nAs a Senior Data Engineer, you will facilitate data-driven decision-making in response to national security threats supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In this role, you will apply advanced data engineering techniques to large-scale operational datasets, architecting resilient pipelines and analytics solutions to ensure the movement of people, capital, and products remains legal, safe, and secure.\nResponsibilities include but are not limited to:\nApply analytical reasoning, problem-solving, investigative techniques, and creative thinking to large-scale datasets supporting mission-critical operational scenarios.\nDevelop, implement, and maintain scalable ETL pipelines and data workflows using modern cloud technologies.\nSupport database modernization and migration from legacy on-premises environments to cloud platforms.\nRespond to data queries and analytical requests from organizational stakeholders by developing, publishing, and maintaining scheduled and ad hoc reports.\nResearch, define, and document data elements, business definitions, and source-system information across core business subject areas.\nMaintain source code repositories and standard version control practices using GitLab.\nApply a practical understanding of cargo and passenger data systems to support analytical application functionality and frontline targeting operations.\nMinimum Qualifications:\nRelevant professional experience based on highest level of education:BS/BA with 10+ years of experience\nMS/MA/MBA with 8+ years of experience\nPhD/Doctorate with 6+ years of experience\nAS/AA with 14+ years of experience\nHigh School Diploma/GED with 16+ years of experience\n\nExperience in application development across the full life cycle on Data Warehouse engagements.\nExperience in large-scale (80TB+) and complex data warehousing architecture, design, and implementation or migration.\nExperience administering and tuning relational database management systems (such as Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL), including advanced SQL development, schema modeling, query performance optimization, and indexing.\nExperience engineering and maintaining scalable data pipelines and Lakehouse solutions using Databricks, including Apache Spark workload tuning and Delta Lake table design.\nExperience deploying and operationalizing scalable ETL/ELT data-integration pipelines and migrating on-premises workloads to cloud environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or equivalent platforms.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nActive Top Secret clearance is strongly preferred (to accelerate the CBP background investigation timeline).\nWorking knowledge of Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools.\nExperience with business intelligence and data analytics tools, including Microsoft Power BI or Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), to build actionable dashboards and visualizations.\nExperience with the Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, YARN, Hive, Pig) and distributed batch/streaming frameworks such as Spark, Kafka, or Storm.\nExperience using Atlassian collaboration and agile delivery tools, including Jira and Confluence, for sprint tracking and technical documentation.\nClearance Requirements:\nMust be a U.S. citizen. \nMust be able to obtain and maintain DHS CBP Suitability.\nActive Top Secret clearance preferred.\nPhysical Requirements:\nThe person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.\nThe projected compensation range for this position is $104,200.00-$172,900.00. 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