What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Engineer position at Covenant HR?
Company – Our client is a growing global provider of data-driven analytical and technical services supporting critical national security missions across defense, intelligence, and homeland security. With more than five decades of experience, the organization is recognized for its people-focused culture and long-standing reputation as a top workplace.
Job Title – Senior Data Engineer
Location – Hybrid in Alexandria, VA – typically 3 days onsite / 2 days remote, with occasional 4-day onsite weeks based on business needs
Role Type – Direct Hire / Full-Time
Must Have Skills:
- Strong experience with Master Data Management (MDM) tools
- Strong data engineering background spanning data warehouses, data lakes/lake architectures, ETL patterns, and data quality frameworks
- Proven ability to partner with multiple business and back-office functions, gather requirements, and advance enterprise data engineering capabilities
- Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate complex technical and data engineering concepts into plain English for business stakeholders
- Experience with Power BI and semantic modeling
- Experience operating in a government contracting or similarly compliance-driven environment, including data governance and risk considerations
Responsibilities and Job Details:
- Help scale and modernize our client’s back-office data capabilities as the organization continues to grow.
- Serve in a highly visible, business-facing data engineering role that partners closely with stakeholders across multiple functions.
- Design, enhance, and support data engineering solutions involving data warehouses, data lakes, ETL processes, MDM, and data quality.
- Partner with business teams to understand requirements and translate them into effective, scalable data solutions.
- Leverage Power BI and semantic modeling to strengthen enterprise reporting, analytics, and overall data capabilities.
- Help establish and advance data quality, governance, and risk-management practices within a compliance-driven environment.
- Communicate technical concepts, recommendations, and data strategies effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Bring a proactive, can-do approach to identifying opportunities and driving measurable improvements across the organization’s data environment.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Python or Scala programming experience is a plus.