Technical Team Lead – Data Engineering and Analytics

Technical Team Lead – Data Engineering and Analytics

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required
Work Type: On-site
Salary: $293,000-$306,000

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Technical Team Lead to oversee data engineering, analytics, automation, and platform operations initiatives. This role provides technical leadership for a team responsible for supporting and enhancing an enterprise business intelligence platform that enables data-driven decision-making across the organization.

The successful candidate will serve as a technical leader, mentor, and facilitator, ensuring the reliability, availability, scalability, and quality of critical data platforms and services. This position requires a combination of technical expertise, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, and project coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather stakeholder requirements, evaluate available data sources, and develop solutions to deliver meaningful metrics and insights.
• Lead technical teams in the planning, execution, and delivery of data engineering, analytics, and automation projects.
• Break down complex initiatives into actionable tasks and measurable milestones.
• Identify and remove technical roadblocks to support successful project execution.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communicate project status, risks, and dependencies.
• Define and document project scope, technical requirements, and implementation plans.
• Promote and integrate site reliability engineering (SRE) practices to improve platform stability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Mentor and guide software engineers, data engineers, and data scientists.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, design records, meeting agendas, and project artifacts.
• Support continuous improvement efforts for platform operations, monitoring, and service delivery.
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to ensure solutions align with organizational objectives.

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical discipline and twelve (12) years of relevant experience; OR
• Four (4) additional years of directly related experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Technical Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and coordinating complex projects.
• Strong customer service orientation and commitment to stakeholder success.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale software deployment and operational architectures.
• Experience with or exposure to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Experience creating and maintaining technical and operational documentation.
• Ability to balance technical leadership responsibilities with hands-on problem solving and team support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing or supporting Apache NiFi data integration solutions.
• Experience working with Elasticsearch and Kibana for search, analytics, and visualization.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized application environments.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed data processing platforms, such as Hadoop or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise data analytics, business intelligence, or operational data platforms.
• Familiarity with data lifecycle management, data governance, and data integration architectures.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong leadership, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience managing competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to facilitate collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to drive projects from concept through implementation while maintaining alignment with business objectives.

Benefits

This position includes a competitive and flexible benefits package, including:

• Medical
  Employer pays 100% of the monthly premium for the employee and 80% for the employee’s dependents.

• Health Savings Account (HSA)
  Save for all medical, dental, vision and prescription expenses by contributing pre-tax money to an HSA account. Employer contributes 50% of the annual deductible (prorated to start date).

• Dental and Vision
  Employer pays 100% of the monthly premium for the employee and 80% for dependents.

• Life Insurance
  100% company-paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) coverage offered to all full-time employees.

• Short-Term Disability
  100% company-paid short-term disability. This benefit pays out 60% of earnings, with a $1,500 maximum for up to 12 weeks.

• Retirement Plan
  Automatic 6% of salary contributed to the company 401(k) plan, fully vested. Employee match encouraged but not required.

• Paid Time Off (PTO) & Holidays
  5–6 weeks of PTO based on tenure with the company, in addition to 11 paid holidays.

• Tuition Reimbursement
  $5,000 annually for courses directly related to job role and responsibilities.

• Training Reimbursement
  Paid training, certification courses, and conferences to support employee career growth.

We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.