Data Engineer — Multiple Onsite Locations

Job overview

The Data Engineer role is onsite at one of the listed locations, including Fort Meade, MD; other listed sites span several U.S. states and Stuttgart, Germany. The posting lists a salary of $135,000–$165,000 per year. Agile Defense supports national security and critical civilian missions through technology integration. The engineer develops and maintains secure data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and analytics-ready datasets. Working with data scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders, the role processes structured and unstructured data to support mission needs in secure environments.

What you'll do

• Develop and maintain secure data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows
• prepare analytics-ready datasets
• process structured and unstructured data using platforms such as Databricks, Spark, Palantir Foundry, or comparable tools
• collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and mission stakeholders
• apply data validation, modeling, quality, testing, documentation, and version-control practices.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data engineer

python

sql

etl/elt

data pipelines

databricks

spark

palantir foundry

active secret clearance

scif

fort meade md

$135k-$165k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance at minimum; work must be onsite in a SCIF. Multiple U.S. and international locations are listed.

About the employer

Agile Defense is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.