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Data Engineer (Hiring Event- EXTENDED)

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Department of Defense

Recent

Salary

$109,137 - $187,093

per year

Closes

February 20, 2026

Job Description

Summary

This data engineer role at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency involves building and maintaining large-scale data systems, creating pipelines to handle massive amounts of information, and solving issues with data storage and access.

The work focuses on optimizing data for use in intelligence and defense applications.

A good fit would be someone with a technical background in programming and data management who enjoys tackling complex data challenges in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field with at least 24 semester hours in relevant coursework, or equivalent combination of education and experience totaling 4 years
  • Demonstrated experience with ETL processes and APIs for data interfaces
  • Experience consulting on data storage, access, and exchange technologies like S3, FTP, WFS, Elasticsearch
  • Ability to develop, modify, or evaluate data structures
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, or Java for data manipulation
  • IT-related experience showing attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving

Full Job Description

Data Engineers develop, construct, test, and maintain architectures such as databases and large-scale data processing systems.

They create pipelines of common architecture and infrastructure to optimize data for consumption through the design and construction of massive reservoirs for big data.

They solve problems associated with database access and integration and unstructured data sets to provid MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required).

Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement: 1.

Demonstrated experience utilizing and promoting standards and best practices for data interfaces such as extract-transform-load (ETL) and application programming interfaces (API). 2.

Demonstrated experience consulting solutions for data storage, access and exchange technologies, e.g. S3, FTP WFS, FeatureServer, Elasticsearch, SDK, etc. 3.

Demonstrated ability to develop, modify, or evaluate data and data structures. 4.

Demonstrated proficiency in applied programming and/or manipulation of data with any programing language such as Python, R, or Java. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Science, Information Systems Management, Mathematics, Operations Research, Physical Sciences, Statistics, Technology Management, or a degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems, or networks.

-OR- B.

Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience in developing, constructing, testing and maintaining architectures and/or related technologies, or in a related field that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.

As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C.

Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience in developing, constructing, testing and maintaining architectures and/or related technologies, or in a related field that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work.

-AND- IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies: Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired: 1.

Demonstrate expert experience recommending courses of action in alignment with information and technology strategic guidance and data security best practices. 2.

Demonstrate expert experience implementing, configuring, or designing databases with one or more current database technologies.

e.g., relational (Oracle, MySQL, Postgresql, etc.), noSQL (MongoDB, Accumulo, Elastic, etc.), graph (Allegrograph, JanusGraphy, Neo4J, etc.). 3.

Demonstrated experience with infrastructure as code technology such as terraform, cloud formation, ansible, or similar. Major Duties:

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This Job Announcement will be used to build a pool of qualified applicants for a hiring event taking place on 28 February 2026 thru 1 March 2026.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/13/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/17/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 20260080