About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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What You’ll Do

Confidential Client is hiring an experienced Data Warehousing Administrator to support mission-driven government and intelligence programs. This role focuses on designing, building, securing, and operating large-scale enterprise data warehouse environments using cloud and modern data platform technologies.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data warehouse solutions using cloud-based data warehousing (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, BigQuery), NoSQL stores, and data virtualization tools.
• Implement and enforce data security controls, role-based access, encryption at rest/in transit, and audit logging to meet classified program requirements.
• Create and validate backup, recovery, and business continuity procedures for warehouse systems.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and stakeholders to define ETL/ELT patterns, data models, and performance tuning strategies.
• Monitor system health, optimize queries and storage, and plan capacity for growing datasets.
• Produce and maintain operational documentation, runbooks, and change-control records.
• Participate in security and compliance reviews, and support additional program-specific screening processes.

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Clearance & Eligibility

• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph required. Candidates must be able to pass additional program-specific security screenings as needed.
• Must be legally authorized to work for the Confidential Client in the United States.

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Minimum Qualifications

Education & experience are evaluated by career level. Candidates meeting any one of the listed combinations for a given level may qualify.

Entry Level

• HS/GED + 6 years relevant experience, or
• Associate’s + 4 years, or
• Bachelor’s + 2 years, or
• Master’s degree (experience may be substituted as appropriate)

Journeyman

• HS/GED + 8 years, or
• Associate’s + 6 years, or
• Bachelor’s + 4 years, or
• Master’s + 2 years

Senior

• HS/GED + 10 years, or
• Associate’s + 8 years, or
• Bachelor’s + 6 years, or
• Master’s + 4 years, or
• PhD + 2 years

Expert / Master

• HS/GED + 12 years, or
• Associate’s + 10 years, or
• Bachelor’s + 8 years, or
• Master’s + 6 years, or
• PhD + 4 years

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Preferred Skills & Tools

• Hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Synapse).
• Experience with NoSQL databases and data virtualization/platform tools.
• Strong understanding of encryption, key management, IAM, and privileged access controls.
• Familiarity with ETL/ELT tooling, data modeling, partitioning, and query optimization.
• Experience with backup & recovery strategies, disaster recovery planning, and operational runbooks.
• Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, SQL).
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

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Why Join

• Work on mission-critical projects supporting government and intelligence operations.
• Join a team committed to secure, reliable, and scalable data solutions.
• Competitive compensation (estimated salary shown on the original posting).
• Opportunity to work with modern cloud data platforms and contribute to enterprise-level data architecture.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind.
To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

If you have questions about how your data is used, please contact us directly.