Job#: 3040292 Job Description: DMHS Systems Engineer III
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Location: Remote (EST hours)
Pay Rate: $50-60 / hr
Clearance: Active Top Secret
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support critical missions. This role involves building and extending a greenfield data and AI platform for federal background investigation work. You will work with the platform's lead engineer to develop and maintain pipelines, transformations, and data products in a high-trust environment where data handling standards are paramount.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, test, and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline code.
- Extend the platform following established architecture, patterns, and standards.
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor data quality, pipeline reliability, and performance, resolving issues as they arise.
- Apply data governance, cataloging, and access-control practices.
- Support the data science and ML team by delivering governed datasets and tooling.
- Operate within established data handling constraints in day-to-day engineering.
- Collaborate with the engineering team and maintain clear documentation of processes.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a relevant field is required.
Experience: 5-7 years of experience building and maintaining production data pipelines.
Technical Skills:- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on ETL/data pipeline development and analytical data modeling.
- Working familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or Google Cloud Platform acceptable).
- Experience with version control and CI/CD workflows.
- Solid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Databricks experience or a comparable lakehouse stack (Spark, Delta, dbt, Snowflake).
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD for data workloads.
- Experience in regulated or accredited environments.
- Government or defense contracting experience.
- Familiarity with data governance or cataloging tooling and orchestration tools.
Soft Skills
- Dependable, self-directed execution with minimal oversight.
- Strong collaboration across technical and non-technical teams.
- Clear documentation and knowledge-sharing habits.
- Eagerness to grow ownership and learn the compliance environment.
Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
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