Data Engineer, Senior

The Senior Data Engineer role at Booz Allen Hamilton focuses on building data pipelines and platforms to consolidate disparate data for mission-driven initiatives, guiding cross-functional teams and delivering scalable solutions. This onsite position is based at Nellis AFB, NV.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and delivery of advanced technology solutions and perform data engineering activities on mission-driven projects.
• Develop and deploy pipelines and platforms that organize diverse data and render it meaningful for users.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of analysts, data engineers, developers, and data consumers in an agile, fast-paced setting.
• Leverage experience in exploratory analytics and data examination while leading the assessment, design, construction, and maintenance of scalable platforms for clients.

Requirements

• Experience building and supporting mission or enterprise systems, including data integration, secure compute environments, or operator-facing applications in restricted or classified settings
• Experience developing secure analytics ecosystem applications, including log pipelines, monitoring frameworks, operational dashboards, or intelligence fusion platforms in greenfield or modernization efforts
• Experience making engineering tradeoffs under constrained mission conditions, including limited infrastructure, fragmented networks, evolving requirements, or high-pressure timelines
• Experience rapidly learning unfamiliar technologies, and supporting engineering teams through implementation
• Experience communicating architectural decisions and solution impacts to engineers, government clients, and senior nontechnical stakeholders
• Secret clearance
• Bachelor’s degree

Technologies

• AWS
• Palantir Foundry
• Gotham
• Kubernetes

Benefits

• Health
• Life
• Disability
• Financial
• Retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Dependent care

Salary

USD 77,600 - 176,000 per year

Work Model

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Nice If You Have

• Experience integrating AI / ML capabilities into production workflows or operator tooling, such as LLM enabled assistants, model augmented decision aids, or automation solutions
• Experience designing and implementing data pipelines, ontologies, and application workflows on platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Gotham, including airgapped, degraded connectivity, or multiclassification environments
• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including containerization, orchestration, CI / CD, and automated testing within constrained or limited toolchain environments
• Experience supporting multi cloud, multi enclave, or multiclassification architectures, including environments spanning NIPR, SIPR, JWICS, or coalition networks
• Experience contributing to defense programs or large systems integration efforts involving acquisition, compliance, or organizational complexity
• Experience developing agentic workflows, automation pipelines, or custom tooling to increase engineering throughput or reduce operator workload
• Experience serving in a technical lead capacity responsible for system design and delivery
• Top Secret clearance
• Architecture frameworks such as AWS, Palantir Foundry, Gotham, or Kubernetes Certification