Data Engineer

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com.

Unissant is seeking a Data Engineer to support a newly awarded program for a federal health agency. Build and maintain reliable data pipelines, data transformations, and integration structures that support enterprise business applications and approved modernization.

The ideal candidate brings practical delivery experience, sound judgment, and a collaborative approach to maintaining Federal business applications while improving technical capability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Profile source data, database schemas, interfaces, and data movement to document lineage and dependencies.
• Design and implement repeatable extraction, transformation, and loading processes with validation and reconciliation controls.
• Develop SQL and transformation logic to support application integration, operational reporting, and approved data products.
• Implement data quality checks, error handling, logging, and recoverable processing for scheduled or event-driven pipelines.
• Support database and application migrations through mapping, test loads, reconciliation, and controlled cutover.
• Coordinate data access, sensitive-data handling, retention, and least-privilege permissions with security and data owners.
• Monitor data workflows, investigate failed jobs, optimize performance, and maintain operational runbooks.
• Support transition knowledge transfer and maintain current technical or process documentation for assigned responsibilities.
• Coordinate assigned work with program leadership, Government stakeholders, and related teams; report blockers and dependencies promptly.
• Use Government-approved tools and handle program data within authorized environments. Validate any AI-assisted output before it informs delivery decisions.

Work Experience and Job Skills:

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience building and supporting production data pipelines and integration workflows.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with relational data modeling, schema analysis, and data transformation.
• Ability to implement data quality checks, reconciliation, lineage, and operational error handling.
• Experience troubleshooting performance and reliability issues in scheduled or distributed data workflows.
• Experience with source control, automated testing, and controlled deployment of data changes.
• Ability to collaborate with application engineers, database administrators, business analysts, and data owners.
• Ability to document work clearly, protect sensitive program information, and collaborate across Government and contractor teams.
• Ability to meet federal suitability and access requirements and provide on-site support in the Bethesda, Maryland area as directed.

Additional Qualifications:

• 6 -10 years of experience with Oracle, SQL Server, or approved managed cloud databases relevant to assigned systems.
• Experience modernizing data integration or migrating application data to cloud services.
• Experience preparing governed data sources for approved analytics or AI-assisted requirements analysis.
• Experience supporting a Federal IT services environment, preferably within a federal health agency or comparable federal IT environment.
• Experience transferring knowledge from an incumbent team and maintaining reliable services during transition.

Education:

• A degree or relevant coursework in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

• A relevant data platform, database, or cloud certification is preferred.

Communication Skills:

• Clear verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to coordinate professionally across Government, prime contractor, and subcontractor teams.
• Ability to explain role-specific findings, document decisions and procedures, and communicate risks and recommended actions to the appropriate audience.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must hold or be eligible for a Public Trust Moderate (Tier 2) background investigation and meet applicable federal suitability, badging, and system-access requirements.

Travel:

• Washington,DC.

Environmental Requirements:

• Mainly a routine office environment.
• May be required to lift up to ten (10) pounds
• Flexible in working extended hours

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Unissant management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, where applicable and available, reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

Candidate(s) will be required to go through pre-employment screening.

Unissant, Inc. is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer! (EOE; M/F/Disability/Vets)