Navy Federal Credit Union

Principal Data Engineer

Navy Federal Credit Union Vienna, Virginia, United States · $150K–$206K/yr

Financial Services · 10,001+ employees

18 h ago
data-engineer Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Principal Data Engineer will provide senior-level engineering expertise and architectural direction for enterprise data and analytics modernization initiatives. This role focuses on advancing data strategy by building scalable, cloud-native architectures and enabling governed data products.

What they look for

Data Engineering Cloud-native architecture Spark Python SQL Databricks Azure Data Factory Microsoft Fabric Data pipelines Lakehouse architecture Data quality validation Power BI Tableau Azure DevOps CI/CD Agile

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and advanced hands-on expertise in Spark, Python, SQL, and cloud-native data integration tools. Strong experience in designing scalable data pipelines and supporting analytical data stores within regulated enterprise environments is required.

Benefits

Competitive pay Generous benefits Perks

Full description

Navy Federal Credit Union currently does not provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

The Principal Data Engineer will provide senior-level engineering expertise, architectural direction, and technical ownership across enterprise Data and Analytics Modernization initiatives. This role is responsible for advancing the organization's data strategy by modernizing legacy data and analytics ecosystems, enabling trusted and governed data products, and accelerating AI and analytics capabilities through scalable, cloud-native architectures.

The role will design and implement scalable cloud data pipelines, modernize legacy Analytical Data Stores and BI workloads, strengthen data quality controls, automate validation and reconciliation processes, and enable governed data consumption through enterprise data platform powered by Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Tableau, Alation, and related tools.

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Disclaimers: Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team’s discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position. For additional details regarding compensation and benefits, review the Benefits page of the Navy Federal Career Site.

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