Senior Data Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Data Engineer role is onsite at a customer location in Huntsville, AL, and cannot be supported remotely. Compensation is not specified. The role supports a major federal modernization program involving large-scale data engineering and migration. The engineer designs and operates secure, reliable data pipelines for petabyte-scale migration, transformation, and storage of structured and unstructured data. The role coordinates with QA, cloud, DevSecOps, migration, and development teams, while mentoring engineers and supporting technical planning and reviews.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines
• develop data models, schemas, mappings, and integration structures
• improve automation, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance
• lead data cleansing, validation, and root-cause analysis
• partner with QA, Cloud, DevSecOps, Migration, and development teams
• support AWS data engineering and security requirements
• mentor engineers
• maintain technical documentation
• track migration progress, performance, quality, risks, and blockers.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior data engineer

data engineering

etl/elt

data pipelines

aws

cloud migration

petabyte-scale data

top secret clearance

sci eligibility

ci polygraph

onsite

huntsville al

anavation

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical insurance cost sharing for employees and dependents, company-paid dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match and immediate vesting, paid leave and holidays, tuition and training reimbursement.

Why this role

Requires active Top Secret clearance, eligibility for SCI access, and ability to obtain a CI polygraph; requires a bachelor’s degree and eight or more years of relevant experience.

About the employer

AnaVation is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Facilities Management Services. Sector: 54.