Senior Data Developer (Business Operations) at QinetiQ US
Fort Meade, MD
$120,000–$160,000from the description
Jun 28, 2026
Fort Meade, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and maintaining data pipelines, dashboards, and automated database processes in support of the US Space Force's Commercial Satellite Communications office. Day-to-day work involves engineering ETL workflows on the Advana/FASTR platform using Python, PySpark, and SQL, integrating data from DoD enterprise systems, and producing Power BI reporting for program management and financial oversight. It suits an experienced data engineer comfortable operating in a cleared DoD environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $139,500 (middle half $109,370–$169,290). 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 (8)
The JD explicitly requires an active Secret clearance; TS/SCI appears only under Preferred Qualifications and is not a hard gate.
The role sits at the boundary between data engineering (pipeline/ETL/warehouse building → 15-1243) and software development (production code, automation, MLOps integration → 15-1252); 15-1243 was chosen as primary because the dominant day-to-day work is designing and maintaining data pipelines, data models, and an analytics platform, with 15-1252 as the runner-up.
Apache Spark/PySpark is listed as a single distributed-computing requirement alongside cloud platform options (Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, Databricks); PySpark is also listed separately as a named pipeline technology in the responsibilities, so it appears both as a standalone required skill and as part of the distributed-computing gate.
The cloud/analytics platform requirement ('Azure Government, AWS GovCloud, or Databricks') is treated as a single interchangeable gate with alternatives populated accordingly.
Advana/FASTR platform experience, DoD financial system familiarity (FAMIS, CORAS, EDA, DAI), WCF financial data, MLOps, Microsoft Power Platform, and SharePoint all appear exclusively under Preferred Qualifications.
The posting notes on-site client meetings within the National Capital Region as a requirement; however, per caller instruction this is treated as a fully-remote role and no metro is inferred.
Requires a Secret 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.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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