ME00580-Data/Systems Engineer

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD

Department: Engineering 1

Job Summary

• Seeking a Data/Systems Engineer to support a mission-critical environment by designing, integrating, and sustaining secure, compliant dataflow and system solutions
• This role combines systems engineering, data engineering, and compliance expertise to enable reliable data ingestion, transformation, and routing across enterprise platforms
• The engineer provides technical direction across the full systems engineering lifecycle, ensuring solutions align with legal, policy, and compliance directives while supporting evolving mission data requirements

Primary Responsibilities

• Plan, design, and integrate secure, compliant dataflow solutions aligned with legal, policy, and mission directives
• Provide technical leadership across the full systems engineering lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, and sustainment
• Define system interfaces, including data origination, destination, stimulus, and data characteristics
• Develop and implement data engineering solutions to support ingestion, transformation, and routing of enterprise data
• Analyze and work with IC-provided datasets to identify, map, and model data transformation routines
• Document and maintain data flows, routing logic, and system interfaces to support enterprise data repositories
• Utilize tools such as Apache NiFi to support data ingestion, processing, and workflow automation
• Work within Linux environments to develop, deploy, and maintain data solutions
• Interact with data ontologies and schemas, including structured data formats such as XML, CSV, and JSON
• Execute analytic queries and support data analysis across enterprise platforms
• Ensure solutions align with policy, compliance, and data governance requirements

Required Qualifications

• Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Full Scope Polygraph (MD Customer)
• Bachelor's Degree with 20 years' experience
• Experience planning and integrating secure, compliant systems and dataflow solutions
• Strong background in data engineering and systems engineering principles
• Experience defining and documenting system interfaces and data flows
• Proficiency with Apache NiFi or similar dataflow tools
• Experience working in Linux environments
• Experience working with structured data formats (XML, CSV, JSON)
• Experience with database technologies (MySQL and/or NoSQL)
• Experience performing data mapping, transformation, and ingestion
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Intelligence Community (IC) data environments and datasets

Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

About the Company

Momentum Engineering, Inc. fosters an employee-centric culture. Our strength lies in our people. With a high percentage of employees holding advanced degrees in engineering, computer science, and related disciplines, we bring deep technical expertise to every mission. Our team includes professionals with security clearances and full-scope polygraphs, ensuring trusted, secure support for the most sensitive national security initiatives. Additionally, our workforce is equipped with industry-leading certifications, demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning and excellence. Most importantly, our exceptional employee retention rate reflects a culture of professional growth, mission focus, and dedication—ensuring long-term stability and expertise for our customers’ critical needs.