PBG delivers mission-focused solutions that eliminate inefficiency and power transformation for federal agencies requiring agility, security, and impact.

Senior Data Engineer

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid, with on-site presence as required by the client)

Clearance/Screening Requirements: Candidates must be US Citizens and able to successfully undergo a background investigation.

Position Summary:

PBG’s McLean, VA office is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Data Engineer. This role requires a strong technical foundation in data engineering, experience in data-intensive regulatory or financial environments, and the ability to help guide modernization efforts away from legacy systems.

Key Responsibilities:

The Data Engineer shall be responsible for the following (subject to evolving needs):

Design, build, and maintain robust and scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and complex data workflows to support economic analysis.
Collaborate directly with business process analysts and architects to analyze current-state data flows and contribute to the design of target-state data architectures.
Act as a technical subject matter expert for data engineering, actively supporting data modernization and migration initiatives away from legacy systems.
Create and maintain technical documentation for data flows, dependencies, and processes to support business analysis and ensure architectural alignment.
Implement solutions that adhere to best practices in data governance, data quality, metadata management, and access control.

Minimum Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related technical field from an accredited institution.
A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, with at least 3+ years leading in data engineering, data integration, or a related technical field.
Demonstrated experience designing, developing data pipelines, data transformations, and data workflows.
Experience working with relational and/or non-relational databases and data storage technologies.
Ability to document data flows, data dependencies, and technical processes in support of business process analysis.
Experience supporting data-intensive, analytical, research, financial, or regulatory environments.
Experience using ETL/ELT framework and proficiency in programming language used for building pipelines (e.g., Python, R, SQL, Perl, Scala, etc.).
Familiarity with data governance, data quality, metadata, and access control considerations.
Experience working alongside business process analysts or enterprise architect to document current-state and target-state data architectures/processes.
Ability to support modernization or migration efforts from legacy data environments.
Experience working in agile, hybrid, or iterative delivery environments, including collaboration with cross-functional teams and incremental solution delivery.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Highly Valued Qualifications:

Experience supporting data pipelines used for modeling, forecasting, or analytical workloads.
Demonstrated experience in analyzing interdependencies across data pipelines, repositories, analytical models, and workflows.
Familiar with cloud-based data platforms and services (AWS preferred) and modern data engineering tools.
Familiar with programming languages used for data analytics (e.g., R, SAS, Stata, etc.).
Familiar with data pipeline and orchestration tools (e.g., Databricks, Apache Airflow, AWS Glue, Informatica, etc.).
Experience working in environments with federated ownership models and complex governance structures.

#WHYPBG

We have successfully built a company culture based on our single most important asset - our employees. At PBG we are passionate about employee engagement and make it our business to provide our employees a range of challenging and rewarding opportunities that align with business strategy, promote team work and inspire innovation. A job is where you are spending most of your day, so PBG believes in making it a fun, collaborative and productive environment. We want our employees to have the opportunity to grow and be part of a company that is making a lasting contribution to our customers. 

Benefits:

401K Retirement Plan
Medical Plan options with significant financial investments from PBG
Prescription benefit plan
Dental and Vision coverage
Employee Assistance Program
Short term / Long-term disability
Supplemental group life and AD&D options
Yearly Bonuses
Generous Paid Time Off / Paid Holidays
Career/Professional Development Program
Spot Bonus Program

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

PBG is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on job-related qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on legally protected characteristics, including but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. PBG complies with all laws regarding non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates

Disclaimer:

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential job functions but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties and responsibilities required by the job incumbent. Nothing in the herein restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.

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