The Swift Group, LLC ยท 12 hours ago
Data Engineer
Herndon, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$50K/yr - $290K/yr
5+ years expThe Swift Group is a mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. They are seeking a skilled Data Engineer to influence data design, governance, and movement across critical customer environments, building scalable pipelines and platforms to solve complex data problems.
Information TechnologySoftwareTraining
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Architect, build, and optimize secure, scalable, and automated data pipelines across structured and unstructured sources
Design and maintain data models, warehouse schemas, and metadata structures to support analytics, reporting, and decision-making
Lead development of ETL/ELT workflows using modern tools, frameworks, and cloud-based technologies
Partner with Data Scientists and Software Engineers to prepare, cleanse, transform, and annotate data for use cases
Design and implement advanced table structures, indexing strategies, and performance optimizations for large-scale datasets
Evaluate and integrate third-party tools, APIs, and open-source libraries for text extraction, transformation, and automation
Develop and enhance Python-based data extraction and processing utilities (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, etc.)
Create and maintain relational data structures and loading routines to support analytical workloads
Produce real-time and ad-hoc dashboards, metrics, and operational reports to answer mission-critical questions
Support and mature data governance and metadata cataloging
Document data architectures, pipelines, infrastructure, and automation patterns
Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and technical prioritization
Provide technical mentorship and knowledge-sharing to engineering teammates and mission stakeholders
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or similar technical roles
Proficiency in Python, including custom script development and leveraging external packages / APIs
Experience extracting text and structured data from multiple formats (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, JSON, etc.)
Strong experience with SQL development, query optimization, and performance tuning (Oracle strongly preferred)
Proven experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows
Hands-on experience with regular expressions, data parsing, cleansing, and transformation logic
Experience designing and modifying data schemas, relational models, and ingestion patterns
Familiarity with data warehousing, metadata management, and data modeling best practices
Experience using version control systems (e.g., Git/GitHub)
Ability to communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required
Benefits
Healthcare
Wellness
Financial
Retirement
Education
Time off benefits
Company
The Swift Group, LLC
The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Holton Yost
CEO
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