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Data Engineering Team Lead

SAIC
Arlington, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 6/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/7/2026
Job ID 2613426

Location Arlington, VA, US

Date Posted 2026-06-07

Category Information Technology

Subcategory Big Data Engineer

Schedule Full-Time

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes - 10% of the time

Minimum Clearance Required TS.SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain None

Potential for Remote Work ORA_ON_SITE

Description

SAIC is seeking qualified applicants to support a cutting-edge data, analytics, and AI platform. Roles include managing customer relationships, service portfolio and catalog management, software engineering & development, data/AI engineering, IT systems operations, and use case intake and analytics for DoW enterprise-scale mission objectives expected in Spring/Summer 2026.

Positions are contingent pending contract award.

Job Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain the core WDP data infrastructure and pipelines using agentic workflows to streamline operations and enhance automation.
  • Ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of the platform to support data ingestion, processing, storage, and transformation for various consumers, including data tooling teams.
  • Develop enterprise data products accessible via a modern data marketplace, implement a medallion architecture for data storage (bronze, silver, gold zones), and establish self-service inbound and outbound data connection methods.
  • Implement data quality monitoring tools, proactive alerting for pipeline issues, and data drift detection mechanisms.
  • Enforce data security policies, optimize infrastructure for performance and scalability, ensure data backup and recovery, and implement robust data governance policies.
  • Document pipelines, models, and governance standards while ensuring compliance with data privacy and security regulations.
  • Design and develop solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelors and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience ; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience
  • Active TS/SCI Clearance Required

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, And Competencies

  • Experience developing large-scale data-intensive systems using Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Databricks, and Splunk.
  • Expert in designing future-state architectures for AI/ML, data analytics, and enterprise data management, as well as migrating systems to cloud platforms like AWS and Azure to improve scalability, cost-efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
  • Proficient in selecting appropriate databases (HDFS, SQL, NoSQL) and optimizing their performance while managing data lakes, metadata, and governance frameworks to enhance organizational decision-making and data quality.
  • Demonstrated expertise in identifying performance bottlenecks, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and delivering solutions to federal and DoD clients, ensuring alignment with cybersecurity and operational requirements.
  • Skilled in leading multi-disciplinary teams, advising CDOs and CIOs, and leveraging technical tools and strategies to drive digital transformation, improving DevSecOps workflows, and achieving agency missions.

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