Principal Data Integration Engineer

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

We are seeking an experienced Data Systems Sustaining Engineer to provide direct technical support to the Enterprise Data Office (EDO). In this role, you will work in close coordination with cross-functional capability teams to ensure the reliability, integrity, and evolution of sustained software products and analytics suites.

The primary focus of this position is the identification, root-cause analysis, and triage of complex data errors across ingestion and processing pipelines, as well as the onboarding and validation of new data archetypes into existing operational systems. The ideal candidate brings deep software engineering fundamentals in Python and Java, paired with a solid grasp of network protocols and geospatial data structures.

The annual base salary range for this role is $213,000-$252,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

1. Proficiency in Python and Java: Demonstrated hands-on software development experience building, debugging, and maintaining backend components and data manipulation scripts in both languages.

2. Product Sustaining Lifecycle Support: Direct experience maintaining and sustaining operational software products, including debugging legacy codebases, managing defect backlogs, and applying patch fixes in production or staging environments.

3. Data Triage Root-Cause Troubleshooting: Proven ability to systematically isolate, reproduce, and resolve data format errors, schema mismatches, and pipeline ingestion failures across large-scale distributed systems.

4. Network Data Understanding: Strong foundational understanding of network architecture, protocol headers, flow records (e.g., NetFlow/IPFIX), IP routing, and packet structures.

5. Geospatial Data Competency: Practical knowledge of geospatial reference formats, coordinate systems, and spatial data serialization (e.g., GeoJSON, shapefiles, KML, or WKT).

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 11+ years of professional experience in cyber operations, network analysis, or data engineering ORAssociate's DegreePLUS 13+ years of specialized technical experience in lieu of a degree.

1. Familiarity with Analytic Suites: Hands-on experience or working familiarity with specialized enterprise analyst tools such as Digital Network Intelligence tools (DX) and XKEYSCORE (XKS).

2. Streaming Message Queue Technologies: Experience working with distributed pub/sub and messaging frameworks (e.g., Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS Kinesis).

3. Schema Definition Serialization Frameworks: Familiarity with data modeling tools and structured formats such as Protocol Buffers, Apache Avro, XML/XSD, or JSON Schema.

4. CI/CD Containerization: Working knowledge of modern deployment environments including Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.

5. Agile Collaboration: Experience working within an Agile/Scrum framework alongside government enterprise leads, cross-functional engineering teams, and operational mission analysts.

Nyla Technology Solutionsdelivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages clickhere.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.