Zendr · 3 hours ago
Data Engineer
DC-Baltimore Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$175K/yr - $250K/yr
4+ years expZendr is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to support mission-critical programs in the Washington, DC area. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable data pipelines and analytics platforms that will tackle the world's most critical challenges.
Staffing & Recruiting
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen OnlyHiring Manager
Alexander Anderson
Responsibilities
Partner with mission-focused customers to design and deliver secure, scalable AWS-based data lakehouse solutions
Deploy containerized services on Kubernetes (EKS) using Terraform or CloudFormation for repeatable environments
Integrate data from APIs, message buses, and relational databases to enable real-time analytics
Build and operate production ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, Airflow, Spark, and SQL at petabyte scale
Contribute across the full SDLC, from design through secure deployment
Implement monitoring and observability to meet SLAs and support mission-critical production systems
Qualification
Required
Active Top Secret (TS) clearance required
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field
4+ years of data engineering experience with Python
Excellent communication skills
Prior experience working client facing
Hands-on experience with AWS
Strong communication skills and willingness to travel up to 25%
Preferred
SCI eligibility preferred
polygraph strongly preferred
Company
Zendr
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11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase