Data Engineer/Software Integrator
CACI International · Denver, CO
$76,000–$155,700from the description
Jul 2, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-time role focused on building and maintaining data ingestion pipelines and integrations for an intelligence-community data ecosystem, requiring an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph. Day-to-day work involves configuring ETL workflows, installing and managing COTS/GOTS software, troubleshooting production systems and network issues, and maintaining databases across multiple networks and cloud environments. Suits candidates with a software development and systems engineering background, particularly in Linux, AWS, and pipeline tooling.
Mid level · 3+ years · National · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
Location is not specified in the posting; CACI is a US defense contractor and the TS/SCI with polygraph requirement strongly implies an on-site position at a cleared facility, but no city or metro was stated.
The role is a genuine hybrid between data/pipeline engineering (ETL, data ingest, databases) and software integration/DevOps (CI/CD, Kubernetes, scripting), making the SOC classification a close call between 15-1243 (Database Architects) and 15-1252 (Software Developers). The primary emphasis on configuring and maintaining data pipelines and databases tips toward 15-1243.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or equivalent' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree gate.
Security+ (or CISSP) is listed as 'preferred' in the text but is simultaneously required to be obtained within 6 months of hire and maintained throughout employment, making it a practical hard gate.
AMQ (ActiveMQ/message queuing) and GeoJSON/delimited formats appear in the required qualifications but name no standalone product tool beyond what is already captured; they are omitted per the instruction to list only concrete named technologies.
AWS sub-services EC2, RDS, and S3 are listed in the required section as context for the cloud environment; AWS is captured as the parent platform. The desired section separately calls out AWS Diode and Flink as preferred experience.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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