Data Engineer - Junior

Design end-to-end solution architectures for secure, cloud-based data platforms supporting federal mission workloads, including data ingestion, processing, storage, and analytics layers. Develop reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural decision records to guide engineering teams, while leading database design and optimizing distributed data processing pipelines using Spark and PySpark. Define storage and compute strategies to balance performance against budget constraints, and collaborate with DevSecOps to embed compliance controls into CI/CD workflows. Conduct architectural reviews, trade-off analyses, and proof-of-concept evaluations to validate solutions before implementation, providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams. Produce architecture documentation and briefings for stakeholder audiences. This hybrid role requires one day of onsite work per week.