Data Engineer
CACI Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States · $68K–$142K/yr
Defense and Space Manufacturing · 10,001+ employees
Applying here? Try the free cover letter tool — paste this posting and your résumé, no account needed.
About the role
The Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains scalable data infrastructure and ETL/ELT pipelines to support analytics, AI/ML, and operational workloads. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality data delivery while adhering to security and governance standards.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience in database administration, development, or a related field with proficiency in SQL and programming languages like Python or Java. Strong experience with cloud platforms, data modeling, and building secure data pipelines is required.
Benefits
Full description
Job Title: Data Engineer
Job Category: Information Technology
Time Type: Full time
Minimum Clearance Required to Start: None
Employee Type: Regular
Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%
Type of Travel: Continental US
* * *
The Opportunity: The Data Engineer designs, builds, and sustains the data infrastructure and pipelines that power analytics, reporting, automation, and mission‑critical decision‑making. This role ensures that data is reliably ingested, transformed, governed, and delivered across secure enterprise systems. The Data Engineer partners closely with software engineers, analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to provide high‑quality, accessible data that enables operational and strategic outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Assembling large, complex sets of data that meet business requirements from internal and external environments
- Building required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS, SQL, and other technologies
- Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines that support analytical, operational, and AI/ML workloads
- Develop and maintain data models, schemas, and storage structures optimized for performance and usability
- Implement data integration frameworks and APIs to enable secure data movement and interoperability
- Collaborate with software engineers, analysts, and data science teams to ensure workflows are well supported
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize pipelines, ensuring high availability, data quality, and adherence to governance requirements
- Document data architectures, processes, and engineering standards; contribute to continuous improvement within Agile/DevOps environments
- Operate within compliance, security, and information assurance requirements, particularly in regulated or classified environments
Qualifications:
Required:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a DBA, Developer, or related field
Commitment to documentation, process improvement, and high quality engineering practices
- Understanding of data quality, data lineage, and governance in enterprise environments
- Proficiency with at least one programming language used in data engineering (Python, Java, etc.)
- Proficiency in SQL, data modeling, and ETL/ELT development
- Experience building and maintaining data pipelines, integrations, and workflow orchestration in secure environments.
- Strong experience working with large, complex datasets across multiple systems
- Experience with relational database and data warehouse technologies.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) for data engineering workloads
- Ability to collaborate with cross‑functional engineering and analytics teams to resolve technical issues
Desired:
- Bachelors or Masters in information systems, computer science, or related field
- Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, or other regulated mission environments
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong ability to multitask
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to troubleshoot complex data issues
-
What You Can Expect:
A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.
CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our company and our customers - every day. You’ll have the autonomy to take the time you need through a unique flexible time off benefit and have access to robust learning resources to make your ambitions a reality.
A focus on continuous growth.
Together, we will advance our nation's most critical missions, build on our lengthy track record of business success, and find opportunities to break new ground — in your career and in our legacy.
Pay Range:
There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.
The proposed salary range for this position is:
$67,800 - $142,200
CACI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
Similar roles
-
AI & Synthetic Data Engineer
Lenovo Beijing, China
-
Senior Data Engineer
Qode Hà Nội, Vietnam
-
Senior Data Engineer
Fictiv Schaumburg, Illinois, United States · $167K–$202K/yr
-
Foundation Model Data Engineer
Sciforium San Francisco, California, United States · $155K–$210K/yr
-
Data Engineer_Red shift
XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd Victoria, Australia
-
Data Engineer
XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd Greater Brisbane, Queensland, Australia