Data Engineer Senior Principal

General Dynamics

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Fort Bragg, NC
Salary: $144,500–$195,500 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Nearby: 35 roles within 25 mi

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This role $170k

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This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $137,350–$215,535 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $170k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 430 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $112,924–$149,500 across 364 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Data Engineer Senior Principal

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As a Senior Principal Data Engineer at Iron EagleX, part of General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), you will design and deliver advanced data solutions to enhance warfighter readiness. You will lead a small team in developing technical deliverables such as dynamic visual dashboards using live data, while collaborating closely with government Project Managers to ensure mission-focused outcomes. This role requires expertise in cloud-based data architectures, AWS, Python scripting, and big data technologies like Presto/Trino, Spark, and Airflow. You will also mentor team members and recommend tools based on your research of the current environment, integrating S3 storage and Kubernetes infrastructure. The position is hybrid, with 50% remote work and 50% onsite at Fort Bragg, NC, requiring a DoD Secret clearance and extensive experience in data architecture and ETL pipelines.

Skills

AWS Azure Kubernetes Python Presto Hive Spark Flink Airflow S3 Linux Unix Windows PowerBI Splunk ELK Terraform CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and deliver advanced data solutions to enhance warfighter readiness.
Recommend tools and capabilities for cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid resources.
Implement strategy and architecture design with client migration teams.
Lead a small engineering team in developing technical deliverables using live data.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the growing engineering team.
Work closely with government Project Managers to ensure mission-focused outcomes.

What we're looking for

10+ years of experience in software development, infrastructure, or cloud operations.
Expertise in AWS and knowledge of Microsoft Azure.
Proficiency with non-proprietary big data technologies like Presto/Trino, Hive, Spark.
Experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines and data lake architecture.
Strong skills in Python scripting, S3/Block Storage integration, and Kubernetes deployment.
Ability to work in a hybrid environment (50% remote, 50% onsite at Fort Bragg).
Current DoD Secret clearance required.

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