Platform Data Engineer || Hybrid -Pensacola, FL/ Winchester, VA or San Diego, CA
Quick facts
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- Vienna, VA
- Background
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience
- 5–7 years
- Skills
- SQL
- Industry
- Information Technology — 681 open jobs
- Visa in listing
- H-1B
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Job description
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Job Title: Platform Data Engineer
Location: Vienna, VA (Hybrid) Open to candidates who can work in a hybrid arrangement from Pensacola, FL/ Winchester, VA or San Diego, CA.
Duration: 12 + Months Contract
Client: NFCU
Visas: and H1B
Note: M-F, 8:30 AM 5:00 PM Eastern core hours, with the ability to work outside core workday when circumstances warrant (flex schedule will be permitted).
Job Description: The Platform Data Engineer will join the Digital Engineering organization and provide technical support to Digital applications and services that improve the member/user experience, support Client's strategic initiatives and drive value to Client. To support and participate in Digital's Agile development and engineering processes throughout the product lifecycle (product initiation, planning, implementation, reviews, and releases) to design, implement, and maintain robust, scalable, and secure database solutions that enable efficient data management, ensure high availability, and support the organization's business and operational needs. Focus will be on optimizing database performance, capacity, and reliability while aligning with industry standards and best practices to safeguard data integrity and accessibility. Work under minimal supervision and use complete understanding of business needs and objectives to support projects that have impact on the achievement of operational goals.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage advanced cloud database architectures, ensuring scalability and reliability
- Work with Agile development teams leveraging Liquibase to manage database scheme changes
- Monitor and optimize database performance and capacity planning
- Develop and manage backup policies, data retention policies and disaster recovery plans
- Conduct in-depth performance analyses and execute tuning initiatives
- Develop advanced automation workflows to improve database operations efficiency
- Implement and enforce robust encryption and security protocols; drive initiatives for regulatory compliance
- Diagnose and solve advanced database issues with minimal supervision, ensuring data integrity and availability
- Collaborate with Digital Agile teams, Digital Engineering, and ETS Data partners to align database strategies with business goals
- Improve operational quality by compiling and analyzing data, and preparing recommendations based on that analysis for use in decision-making
- Prepare technical, process, and operations-related documentation
- Track work in accordance with team processes and ensure task and backlog items are properly documented
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise, and effective communications to teams and management
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, a related field or the equivalent combination of education, training or experience
- 5-7 years of experience in database engineering and administration.
- Complete knowledge and understanding of business area/specialization
- Advanced skill with hands-on experience in Azure SQL, Microsoft SQL, and enterprise database platforms
- Advanced skill designing, testing and deploying backup and disaster recovery solutions
- Advanced skill in database performance tuning and capacity planning with monitoring
- Experience in developing advanced automation scripts and workflows
- Advanced knowledge of regulatory frameworks
- Advance knowledge in secure data practices and data governance
- Advanced skill to design scalable database solutions and address advanced performance bottlenecks
- Expert analytical/quantitative, problem-solving, and deductive reasoning skills, with demonstrated experience performing advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex technical issues
- Excellent organizational, planning and time management skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment to manage concurrent priorities and meet deadlines
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills and ability to present findings, conclusions, alternatives, and information clearly and concisely
- Experience working with all levels of staff, management, stakeholders, vendors with demonstrated ability to build effective relationships through rapport, trust, diplomacy and tact.
- Desired Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
- Desired Hands-on experience using Liquibase to manage schema changes
- Desired Experience supporting platform engineering, infrastructure, cloud, digital, or software engineering organizations.
- Desired Familiarity with application modernization and decommissioning programs.
- Desired Experience working with risk, audit, cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory initiatives.
- Desired Experience with the banking/financial services industry
- Desired Knowledge of Navy Federal's services, products, applications, business processes, and functions
Thanks, Neeraj
It Resource Manager
Pioneer IT Systems
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Visa sponsorship record: Pioneer It Systems LLC
Sponsors occasionally| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | — | 0 | 1 | — |
| FY2025 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
This exact kind of role (Database Architects) isn't among the roles Pioneer It Systems LLC sponsored most often.
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Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Database Architects (SOC 15-1243) — estimated from the job title.
- Mentioned in the listing
H-1B
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
- Green card (EB-2 / EB-3 via PERM)
Filed 1 PERM labor certification: they have a track record of sponsoring permanent residence.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Database Architects · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $110,843 | ~15% |
| Level II | $135,283 | ~31% |
| Level III | $159,744 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $184,184 | ~61% |
The listing has no salary, so we can't place it on a wage level. Ask the employer which wage level they'd file at: Level III–IV registrations get 3–4 entries in the H-1B lottery.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.