Principal Data Engineer- Dallas, TX
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 12, 2026. Photon scores D on the Alion truth index.
Our Data Solutions team is looking for a highly motivated Data Engineer responsible for designing, building, modernizing, and maintaining operational and analytical capability in the Wealthscape Reporting, Analytics and Insights team. The data infrastructure is going through significant growth, and this is an opportunity to take a contributing role in shaping IWMS capability in this area. The work involves solution design, data analysis, and production rollout project activities in Snowflake, AWS, and cloud-native DBs.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
- 8+ years’ experience in a technology related field (e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, etc.) required
- Working knowledge of ETL tools (Informatica and Snaplogic).
- 8+ years’ experience working with a variety of Databases like Snowflake, Oracle, Postgres etc.
- Working Knowledge of Unix/Linux operating systems and shell scripting
- 1-2 years’ recent experience in Python development
- Proven data analysis skills
- Experience in working with AWS
- Good to have - Working experience with some or all the following: AWS, Containerization, associated build and deployment CI/CD pipelines, Lambda development.
- Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (Maven, Jenkins, Stash, Ansible, Docker) is a plus
- Experience in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM) is a plus
- Financial Industry Experience is a must
- Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and work in fast paced environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent collaboration skills to work with multiple teams in the organization
The Value You Deliver
- Passion and intellectually curiosity to learn new technologies and business areas
- Exploring new technology products and using them to help our business needs
- Working on teams to improve productivity
- Delivering system automation by setting up continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 36,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 127,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post