Senior Principal Data Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Iron EagleX is seeking a Senior Principal Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain data collection, processing, and integration pipelines that centralize and structure data from various web-based applications. You will work closely with software developers, data analysts, and product teams to ensure seamless data flow, high-quality data storage, and efficient retrieval methods. This role is ideal for someone passionate about data-driven decision-making and optimizing data aggregation processes while exploring and identifying right-sized technologies and computing resources. This is not a Data Science, Big Data, ML-Ops, or AI-related role. Instead, this position focuses on wrangling disparate data sources into unified, consumable data APIs for internal and external stakeholders.

As a P Data Engineer, you will turn raw, multi-source data into reliable, high-performance inputs that directly into our data management systems for advanced analytics. Your work will make it faster and easier for teams across engineering, analytics, and products to develop, deploy, and improve analytic capabilities by ensuring datasets are ready and accessible.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in front-end development with a focus on React.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Knowledge of modern CSS frameworks (Tailwind CSS, Styled Components, or SASS/SCSS).
• Experience with build tools and package managers (Webpack, Vite, pnpm, Yarn, npm).
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs, Eventstores, and WebSockets for data fetching.
• Experience with testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress) is a plus.
• Knowledge of performance optimization techniques and best practices for front-end development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git, GitLab, etc.).
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or collaboratively.
• Clearance: Current TS/SCI Clearance is required
• Experience: 8+ years of related experience
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Role requirements: Work on a hybrid remote schedule on Ft Bragg, NC
• Proficiency in database technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, and event-based databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, EventStoreDB).
• Strong programming skills in Golang, Python, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with cloud-based data solutions (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and data warehousing.
• Familiarity with building APIs, data integration tools, and best practices for data aggregation.
• Understanding of API-based data aggregation and event-driven architectures.
• Experience working with streaming and batch data processing frameworks is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Due to US Government Contract Requirements, only US Citizens are eligible for this role

Nice To Haves

• Building microservice APIs in Golang/Python (e.g., Gin, Echo, FastAPI, etc.).
• Designing, maintaining, and updating database schemas and configurations (SQL/NoSQL/EventStoreDB).
• Aggregating user-created and imported classified data into versioned datasets.
• Designing data provenance, lineage, retention, and management solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data ingestion pipelines to collect structured and unstructured data from user applications and bulk data sources.
• Implement efficient data transformation and storage strategies to facilitate easy retrieval and analysis.
• Collaborate with software development teams to optimize application-generated data for streamlined aggregation.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with industry regulations and company policies.
• Optimize query performance and improve data access patterns to support analytical and operational use cases.
• Work with business stakeholders to define data requirements and improve data accessibility for decision-making.
• Design and build APIs to support data ingestion, retrieval, and integration with external systems.
• Develop and maintain event-driven architectures, utilizing event storage for real-time data processing

Benefits

• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior