Sr. Data Engineer

Ignite Digital partners with national security agencies to deliver technology, data, and AI-enabled solutions that improve mission outcomes. The Senior Data Engineer will design, implement, and optimize data systems and pipelines supporting AI/ML applications for a Navy IT command, while improving data quality, security, and workflow scalability. The role also involves defining data requirements, developing data architectures and models, and automating software-intensive solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze use cases and high‑level requirements to define detailed requirements for data solution design and implementation
• Analyze and refine enterprise metrics and business rules with stakeholders; identify related data needs and sources
• Establish and update data architectures/models, data standards, transformations, and integrations
• Design, build, publish, refresh, and maintain reference materials defining terms, metrics, business rules, and similar artifacts for analysts and other consumers
• Provide automation through the development and deployment of modern software‑intensive solutions

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience supporting corporate operations with data management and analysis
• 3 years of experience in data management, data analysis, and data visualization
• 3 years of Business Intelligence experience designing dashboards, reporting solutions, and integrations using the QLIK Advana reporting suite
• Experience designing varied data visualization techniques and selecting appropriate visuals for different audiences
• Experience with project planning, timeline/milestone recommendations, risk identification, cross‑functional collaboration, spreadsheet‑based analytical modeling, and stakeholder communication
• Technical skills: Python, SQL, data modeling, APIs, data architecture
• Knowledge and skill with AI libraries
• BS degree in Physical Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, Psychology, Business Intelligence, Business Administration or Finance, Statistics, or Management Information Systems
• Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information