Data Engineer Jobs in Virginia, United States

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Data Engineer / Senior Data Engineer (Cloud & Modern Data Platforms)

Reef Point Group

Tysons, Virginia, USA Full-time On-site

Data & AI practice at ReefPoint Group builds modern data platforms to enable advanced analytics and AI for federal missions. Engineers design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud data pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and support AI/ML model deployment.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Physical Security Engineering Manager, Data Center Design Engineering, Data Center Design Engineering

Amazon

Herndon,VA,USA Full-time On-site $150,200 - $203,300 / year

Data Center Design Engineering (DCDE) at AWS designs safe, secure, resilient data center facilities. As Physical Security Engineering Manager you will lead a team of engineers delivering security designs across the full project lifecycle for leased and owned data center campuses.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Engineer – Data Architecture for Data Science & Machine Learning

Penn State University

Reston,VA,United States Full-time On-site $146,040 - $318,840 / year

Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State builds data platforms that enable advanced data science and machine learning for defense and intelligence missions. The Senior Data Engineer designs and optimizes high‑performance PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases, partners with data scientists to streamline data access for model training, and ensures data security and governance across on‑site locations in Reston, VA and State College, PA. Hybrid work is not guaranteed; the role is on‑site with reloc

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Senior Cybersecurity Data Engineer - Data Platform & Lakehouse SME

Workday

Reston,VA,USA Full-time Hybrid $159,600 - $239,400 / year

Cybersecurity Data Engineering & Enablement Team builds a next‑generation, centralized data lakehouse to unify security telemetry for enterprise defense. The Senior Data Engineer designs and implements the AWS‑based lakehouse architecture, optimizes storage formats like Apache Iceberg and Delta Lake, and creates secure compute infrastructure for downstream analytics and AI/ML workloads.

Last seen Aug 29, 2026
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Lead Data Engineer - Data Transformation (Modeling and Architecture)

Capital One

McLean, VA, United States Full-time On-site $179,400 - $225,100 / year

Capital One Data Engineering Team drives enterprise data transformation, building scalable lake and warehouse architectures. As Lead Data Engineer, you design comprehensive data models, architect robust pipelines with SQL, Spark, and Python, enforce governance, and collaborate with AI and ML teams to deliver cloud‑based solutions for millions of customers.

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Lead Data Engineer - Nexus Data Products

Capital One

McLean,VA,United States Full-time On-site $197,300 - $225,100 / year

Nexus Data Products team at Capital One builds data platforms that enable financial empowerment for millions of customers. Lead Data Engineer designs, develops, tests, and supports full‑stack data solutions, collaborates with ML‑focused developers, and mentors engineering peers while delivering cloud‑based pipelines on Redshift and Snowflake.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery - Controls

Amazon

Ashburn,VA,USA Full-time On-site

AWS Infrastructure Services designs, plans, delivers, and operates global AWS data center infrastructure. The Controls Engineer troubleshoots BMS and EPMS systems, leads project scopes, budgets, and schedules, and provides technical support across data centers.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Engineer, Finance Data & BI

McKesson

Richmond,VA,USA Full-time Hybrid $130,000 - $140,000 / year

Data Engineer on the Finance Solutions team at McKesson builds scalable data pipelines that transform raw financial data into analytics‑ready, AI‑enabled datasets. The role designs and optimizes cloud‑based architectures, develops ETL/ELT workflows, and ensures data quality and governance for finance reporting and AI use cases.

Last seen Aug 21, 2026
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Senior Data Platform Engineer (Data and Analytics Cloud Engineer)

Truist

Richmond, VA, United States of America Full-time

Truist’s Data Platform team builds secure, scalable AI/ML and GenAI cloud platforms. The Senior Engineer designs, builds, and operates reusable platform capabilities—model registries, feature stores, CI/CD pipelines, and observability—to accelerate business outcomes while meeting regulatory and security standards.

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Lead Data Engineer - Data Publication and Transformation

Capital One

McLean,VA,United States Full-time On-site $197,300 - $225,100 / year

Data Engineering team at Capital One builds scalable data platforms that enable financial empowerment for millions. The Lead Data Engineer designs, develops, and supports full‑stack data solutions, collaborates with Agile squads, and mentors engineers on cloud‑based pipelines and streaming systems.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Engineer / Data Architect (Mid to Senior) (Hybrid)

Solerity

Quantico,VA,USA Full-time Hybrid

Data Engineering team at Solerity builds secure, cloud‑based data platforms for critical government missions. The role designs scalable data architectures, creates ingestion and transformation pipelines, and engineers cloud‑native solutions in an IL5 environment while collaborating with QA engineers and government stakeholders.

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Technical Consultant – Enterprise Data Engineer (Geospatial Data & Platforms)

Esri

Vienna, Virginia, United States Full-time $84,240 - $142,480 / year

Esri is hiring a Technical Consultant – Enterprise Data Engineer to design and implement scalable geospatial data platforms supporting Defense and Intelligence operations. You will architect secure data solutions, collaborate with cross-functional teams across the implementation lifecycle, and tune database performance for mission-critical applications.

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Technical Consultant – Enterprise Data Engineer (Geospatial Data & Platforms)

Esri

Vienna,Virginia,United States Full-time Hybrid $84,240 - $142,480 / year

Enterprise Data Engineering team at Esri builds mission‑critical geospatial data platforms for Defense and Intelligence customers. The role designs, implements and secures scalable database solutions, automates data pipelines, and provides technical guidance across the full project lifecycle.

Last seen Aug 24, 2026
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Lead Data Engineer - Data Transformation (Modeling and Architecture)

Capital One

McLean, VA Full-time On-site $197,300 - $225,100 / year

Capital One seeks a Lead Data Engineer to drive major data transformation initiatives within its financial services division. The role involves designing and implementing full-stack technical solutions using cloud-based data warehousing and distributed systems to support millions of customers.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Senior Data Engineer – Operational Reporting & Data Platforms

CVS Health

VA - Work from home Full-time Remote $92,700 - $185,400 / year

CVS Health is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join its Data Engineering team, responsible for designing, developing, and supporting near real-time reporting data layers that power critical operational reporting and business intelligence solutions. Day-to-day, you will partner with business stakeholders, analysts, product teams, and engineers to build scalable data solutions using Oracle and other enterprise data technologies, handling the full lifecycle from data modeling and ETL/ELT developme

Last seen Aug 26, 2026
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Government and Public Sector - AI & Data - Data Engineer - Senior Consultant

EY

McLean,VA,US Full-time Hybrid

Government and Public Sector – Technology Consulting - AI & Data team at EY helps federal, state and local clients modernize data analytics and AI-enabled tools. Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains cloud data pipelines, integrates multiple systems, and delivers dashboards and workflow automation to improve operational effectiveness.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Center Controls Engineer, Data Center Capacity Delivery - Controls

Amazon

Ashburn,VA,USA Full-time

AWS Global Controls Team builds and operates the building management and electrical power monitoring systems that keep Amazon data centers running. The engineer designs, programs, and troubleshoots BMS/EPMS hardware and software, manages project scope, schedule, and budgets, and provides on‑site technical support to data center operations.

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Staff Data Engineer, Mission Data Products - Clearance Required

LMI

Fort Belvoir, VA, US Full-time $128,301 - $190,654 / year

LMI is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to build authoritative data products supporting Army acquisition and program operations within Army Vantage or Palantir Foundry. The role owns data pipelines, models, and ontology, makes architectural decisions, and raises the technical standard of the team as a senior individual contributor.

Last seen Sep 1, 2026
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Staff Data Engineer, Mission Data Platform - Clearance Required

LMI

Newport News, VA, US Full-time $101,000 - $174,000 / year

LMI is building a secure mission data platform for the U.S. Army and seeks a Staff Data Engineer to own the design and delivery of the data pipelines and data products that power it. In this senior individual-contributor role, you will make architectural decisions, build production systems, integrate data from distributed repositories and enterprise systems, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers across platform, security, software, and mission teams.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Engineer/ETL Engineer

Dark Wolf Solutions

Chantilly, VA, United States Full-time On-site

Dark Wolf constructs data management and analytics solutions for defense and intelligence. Seeking a self‑directed Data Engineer/ETL Engineer to join cloud‑based and on‑prem application development team.

Last seen Sep 3, 2026
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Data Engineer Jobs in Virginia: FAQ

How many Data Engineer jobs in Virginia are open right now?

10,000 Data Engineer jobs in Virginia are live on NextGig, all seen active within the last 45 days. The list refreshes daily as new roles are posted and filled ones drop off.

Which companies are hiring for Data Engineer jobs in Virginia?

Employers with current openings include Reef Point Group, Amazon, Penn State University, Workday, Capital One, McKesson, and others. Every listing links straight to the employer's application page.

What do Data Engineer jobs in Virginia pay?

13 of the 20 newest listings disclose pay, for example $150,200 - $203,300 / year at Amazon, $146,040 - $318,840 / year at Penn State University, $159,600 - $239,400 / year at Workday. Open a listing for the full compensation details.

Are any of these roles remote?

Of the 20 newest listings on this page, 1 is remote and 5 are hybrid. The work model is shown on each job card.