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Booz Allen Hamilton · 14 hours ago

Data Engineer, Lead

positionWashington, DC
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$99K/yr - $225K/yr
date7+ years exp

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to help clients leverage data for impactful missions. The role involves guiding data engineering activities, overseeing the development and deployment of data pipelines, and mentoring a team in a fast-paced environment.

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Responsibilities

Overseeing the development and deployment of pipelines and platforms that organize and make disparate data meaningful
Mentoring a multi-disciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers
Using expertise in analytical exploration and data examination while overseeing the assessment, design, building, and maintenance of scalable platforms for clients
Helping clients find answers in their data to impact important missions—from fraud detection to cancer research to national intelligence

Qualification

Data application developmentETL/ELT workflowsData platform maintenancePythonSQLCloud platformsDistributed computing toolsNoSQL databasesData warehousingUNIX/LinuxAgile practicesAnalytical explorationLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

Required

7+ years of experience in application development
7+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex data applications at enterprise scale
5+ years of experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data
5+ years of experience developing scalable ETL/ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
Experience developing scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats and supporting the project team to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms
Experience supervising others and leading projects and deliverables within a collaborative, cross-functional team environment
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor's degree

Preferred

10+ years of experience using Python, SQL, Scala, or Java
5+ years of experience with a public cloud, including AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
5+ years of experience with Distributed data or computing tools, including Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, Hive, AWS EMR, or Kafka
5+ years of experience working on real-time data and streaming applications
5+ years of experience with NoSQL implementation, including MongoDB or Cassandra
5+ years of experience with data warehousing, including AWS Redshift, MySQL, or Snowflake
5+ years of experience with UNIX/Linux, including basic commands and Shell scripting
5+ years of experience with Agile engineering practices
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Benefits

Health
Life
Disability
Financial
Retirement benefits
Paid leave
Professional development
Tuition assistance
Work-life programs
Dependent care

Company

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Booz Allen Hamilton is a consulting firm that specializes in analytics, technology, and engineering.
dateFounded in 1914
location
Mclean, Virginia, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.boozallen.com

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.03B
2025-03-11Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2023-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $650M
2020-08-13Post Ipo Debt· $700M

Leadership Team

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Matthew Calderone
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President
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Kristine Anderson
Chief Operating Officer
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