Lead ETL Engineer (Expert)
Not Disclosed•Full-TimeOn-site
location_onPark View High School, Old Vestal's Gap Road, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, 20164, United States
Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers' most demanding challenges. We bring disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to clients in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets. Our capabilities span cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced ETL Engineer to join our data engineering team. This role is designed to enable reliable, timely, and high-quality data delivery across the organization by designing, building, and maintaining robust data pipelines and integration processes. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP), large-scale data processing, and search/discovery systems.
In this position, you will lead technical teams in translating mission needs into scalable, production-ready capabilities that deliver operational impact. Development will take place in an iterative fashion using Agile methodology, requiring close collaboration with project team members, the user community, and leadership to assess changes and demonstrate progress. You will partner with mission operators, analysts, and senior stakeholders to define requirements, ensuring alignment with operational objectives while delivering clear, compelling visualizations and executive-level briefings.
Candidates must possess a TS/SCI clearance with a Polygraph required on Day 1 to participate in the interview process and subsequent employment.
At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about their work. Together, we leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.
Nightwing is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.
Work model: On-site
Park View High School, Old Vestal's Gap Road, Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, 20164, United States
Sterling, Virginia
Experience with big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, Databricks). Experience with transformer-based models (e.g., BERT) and modern NLP architectures. Background in document exploitation, e-discovery, or large-scale search platforms. Experience with multi-modal analytics (OCR, image recognition, text + image fusion). Familiarity with search technologies (Solr, Elasticsearch, Lucene). Experience with containerization and DevSecOps pipelines (Docker, CI/CD). Cloudera or similar big data certifications. Experience developing risk scoring, anomaly detection, or predictive analytic models.
Skills: Natural Language Processing, NLP, Agile Development Methodology, Etl, El T, Aws, Linux, Object Oriented Programming, Python, Bash.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
