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Data Engineer (Secret Clearance)

DCI Solutions
Full Timemid
Washington, District of Columbia, US$175k – $260kPosted March 2, 2026

Salary Context

This role offers $175k–$260k. The median for Mid-level qa roles is $120k–$165k (based on 93 listings). 53% above median.

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Job Description

DCI Job Requirement for:

Data Engineer

Location: Washington, DC

Job Description

  • Serve as a Data Engineer on a cross-functional team to help solve pressing problems
  • Help develop and deploy technical solutions to solve our customers’ hardest problems
  • Use our platform to integrate data, transform insights, and build first-class applications
  • Work with customers around the globe
  • Setup transfers of data feeds from source systems into locations accessible to Foundry
  • Debug issues related to delayed or missing data feeds
  • Write transformations and derive new datasets using Spark for distributed computation
  • Monitor build progress and debug build problems
  • Use application development frameworks to design applications
  • Test and troubleshoot application issues
  • Execute requests for information (RFI’s) surrounding the platform’s data footprint
  • Iterate with product teams while debugging the code backing our core platform

Qualifications

Strong engineering background

Proficient with programming languages such as:

  • Python (Pyspark, Pandas), SQL, R or similar languages

Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures

Experience with Foundry (highly preferred)

Experience setting up transfers of data feeds from source systems

Required: Active Secret Security Clearance

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $175,000-$260,000

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $175,000.00 - $260,000.00 per year

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible schedule
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development assistance
  • Relocation assistance
  • Retirement plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Vision insurance

Experience

  • data engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
  • Python coding/programming: 5 years (Preferred)
  • building and managing data pipelines: 5 years (Preferred)

Security clearance:

  • Secret (Required)

Work Location: In person

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