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Req ID
R11
Posted
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025
Updated
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for a Cloud Software Engineer to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Provide cloud software research, development, and engineering services to include requirements analysis, software development, installation, integration, evaluation, enhancement, sustainment, testing, validation, and issue diagnosis and resolution.

Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and test new features and capabilities for Apache Accumulo to support large content and metadata repositories.
  • Conduct Apache Accumulo training sessions, including hands-on software configuration and programming exercises.
  • Develop web-based user interfaces to support search and presentation of operational data.
  • Develop web services that provide REST-based APIs to content and metadata repositories.

Requirements:
  • Within the last seven (7) years, a minimum of five (5) years of combined programming experience using two (2) or more of the following languages: Java, C++, or Python.
  • Within the last five (5) years, a minimum of three (3) years of experience designing and developing applications in a Windows or UNIX/Linux operating environment.
  • Within the last five (5) years, a minimum of three (3) years of experience with Open Source (NoSQL) products supporting highly distributed, massively parallel computation needs such as HBase, Apache Accumulo, or BigTable.
  • Within the last three (3) years, a minimum of one (1) year of experience with MapReduce.
  • Within the last three (3) years, a minimum of one (1) year of experience with the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
  • Within the last three (3) years, a minimum of one (1) year of experience with requirements analysis and design for one (1) or more object-oriented systems.
  • Within the past two (2) years, a minimum of six (6) months of development experience with Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Computing Services.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • An associate’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline plus two (2) years of programming experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
  • Five (5) years of programming experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
  • US citizenship and an active security clearance required
 


The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

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Req ID
R10
Posted
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025
Updated
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for a Cloud Systems Administrator 3 to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Provide installation, configuration, tuning, and management of large Hadoop (Apache Accumulo) clusters supporting data-intensive computing. Responsibilities include installation and maintenance of tools required for the cloud environment and monitoring and sustainment of the environment, including identification and resolution of issues, problems, and trouble tickets.

Responsibilities:
  • Identify, deploy, and operate software tools to efficiently manage and monitor large compute clusters
  • Diagnose and resolve hardware and software issues within Hadoop and Apache Accumulo environments
  • Install, configure, and maintain tools supporting distributed data processing and storage platforms
  • Support cluster performance, reliability, and scalability through proactive monitoring and tuning
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to support high-performance, mission-critical systems

Requirements:
  • Within the past ten (10) years, at least seven (7) years of experience managing and monitoring large Hadoop clusters exceeding 200 nodes
  • Within the past ten (10) years, at least five (5) years of experience writing automation scripts using Python, Perl, or Ruby
  • Within the past ten (10) years, at least five (5) years of experience implementing and supporting multi-platform, multi-system networks, including environments built on UNIX/Linux and Cisco-based hardware, with hands-on troubleshooting and issue resolution
  • Within the past ten (10) years, at least five (5) years of experience implementing network solutions for complex, high-performance systems using UNIX or Linux platforms
  • At least two (2) years of experience with open-source NoSQL or distributed data platforms, such as HBase, Apache Accumulo, or BigTable, supporting massively parallel computation
  • At least three (3) years of experience with Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS)
  • Within the past two (2) years, a minimum of six (6) months of system administration experience in one or more of the following environments:
  • Kubernetes
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • US citizenship and an active security clearance required

Desired Experience:
  • Strong Linux system administration background
  • Experience supporting high-performance computing (HPC) or large-scale analytics platforms
  • Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and cluster management tools in distributed environments

 


The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Build
Req ID
800
Posted
Oct 09, 2025
Oct 09, 2025
Updated
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for CNO Analyst/Programmers to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain software using Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and Python.
  • Design and implement data flows and tasking frameworks for CNO tools.
  • Conduct design, code, and readiness reviews to ensure quality and reliability.
  • Present and communicate technical updates and ensure thorough project documentation.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure performance and security standards are met.
  • Build and debug network-level applications using sockets programming.
  • Expertise in IP, TCP, and application-layer protocols for optimization.
  • Support integration, testing, and deployment of operational systems.

Requirements:
  • At least four (4) years' experience designing and maintaining solutions utilizing CNO tools. Expertise in network programming and CNO techniques.
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or network engineering preferred. Equivalent years of experience is required without degree.
  • US citizenship and an active security clearance required
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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Build
Req ID
689
Posted
Jun 26, 2025
Jun 26, 2025
Updated
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States
Honolulu, HI
Honolulu, United States
Bluffdale, Utah
Bluffdale, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD., OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for a Computer Network Defense Analyst (CNDA) to join a growing team in multiple locations such as Annapolis Junction, MD and Salt Lake City, UT. 

Responsibilities:
  • Use information collected from a variety of sources (e.g., intrusion detection systems, firewalls, network traffic logs, and host system logs) to identify potential vulnerabilities, respond to cyber events that occur, and defend against events that might occur.
  • Help develop mitigations to strengthen network defenses and protect against attacks on network infrastructure devices or systems.
  • Work with data transport, such as traditional wired networks, wireless transport (including Wi-Fi and cellular), collaborative platforms such as video teleconferencing, and the hardware and software that support it all.
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Network Engineering, System Engineering or related field.
  • At least 5 years demonstrated experience within the Department of Defense (DoD) as a Computer Network Defense Analyst.
  • CNDAs must have experience in network or system administration.
  • Experience with Computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, and/or systems engineering.
  • Foreign Language may count toward experience requirements.
Desired:
  • Relevant Certs or Specialized Training would include (but not limited to): JCAC graduate, CEH, CFR, CySA+, GCIH, CNDSP
Security Clearance:
  • A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.
 
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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

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Use/Protect
Req ID
512
Posted
Sep 10, 2024
Sep 10, 2024
Updated
Jan 21, 2026
1 weeks ago

Office Location

Laurel, MD
Laurel, United States
Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for a Cryptologic Computer Scientist to work in Annapolis Junction and/or Laurel, MD.

Responsibilities:
The Cryptologic Computer Scientist will design, develop, deliver, and operate solutions to hard cryptologic computer science problems within a scientific framework. This position will require computer science skills (operating systems, compiler theory, database theory, algorithm analysis, computer architecture, discrete math, programming language theory, and data structures). 

Required Qualifications:
  • Experience with Python, Spark, and working with large-scale data.
  • Must have a strong background in network protocol analysis.
  • The ideal candidate will be inquisitive and have a discovery-focused mindset.
  • Level 2:
    • 5 years of relevant experience in the following areas: computer system research, simulation/ model development and prototyping, software design, programming, computational science, algorithm analysis, design, and reverse engineering/ designing/ developing to include hardware and/ or software.
    • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields such as (Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or Information Systems), only if the following foundational Computer Science areas are met: algorithms, computer architecture, programming methodologies, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics.
  • Level 3:
    • 8 years of relevant experience in the following areas: computer system research, simulation/ model development and prototyping, software design, programming, computational science, algorithm analysis, design, and reverse engineering/ designing/ developing to include hardware and/ or software.
    • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields such as (Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or Information Systems), only if the following foundational Computer Science areas are met: algorithms, computer architecture, programming methodologies, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics.
  • Level 4:
    • 11 years of relevant experience in the following areas: computer system research, simulation/ model development and prototyping, software design, programming, computational science, algorithm analysis, design, and reverse engineering/ designing/ developing to include hardware and/ or software.
    • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields such as (Engineering, Mathematics, Information Technology, or Information Systems), only if the following foundational Computer Science areas are met: algorithms, computer architecture, programming methodologies, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics.
 
Security Clearance:
  • A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.
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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

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Ops Consulting - MD
Req ID
843
Posted
Dec 02, 2025
Dec 02, 2025
Updated
Dec 22, 2025
Dec 22, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for a Cyber Defense Analyst 3 to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD

Responsibilities:
  • Use cyber defense tools to monitor, detect, analyze, categorize, and perform initial triage of anomalous activity. 
  • Generate cybersecurity cases (including event’s history, status, and potential impact for further action) and route as appropriate. 
  • Perform advanced manual analysis to hunt previously unidentified threats. 
  • Identify cyber-attack phases based on knowledge of common attack vectors and network layers, models and protocols. 
  • Apply techniques for detecting host- and network-based intrusions. 
  • Analyze malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information. 
  • Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack. 
  • Possess deep knowledge of active directory abuse used by attackers for lateral movement and persistence. 
  • Perform after-action reviews of team products to ensure completion of analysis. 
  • Lead and mentor team members as a technical expert. 

Requirements:
  • Eight (8) years of demonstrated experience as a CDA in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
  • A technical bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of CDA experience.
  • Two (2) years of demonstrated and practical experience in TCP/IP fundamentals. 
  • Two (2) years of demonstrated experience with tcpdump or Wireshark.
  • Three (3) years of demonstrated experience using security information and event management suites (such as Splunk, ArcSight, Kibana, LogRhythm).
  • Three (3) years of demonstrated experience in network analysis and threat analysis software utilization.
  • CSSP Analyst baseline certification (e.g., CEH, CySA+, CFR, etc.)
  • IAT Level I or II certification
  • Computing Environment (CE) certification for supported systems
  • Global Information Assurances Certificate (GIAC) OR Global Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)

Security Clearance:
  • A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required. 
 
 #LI-BT1
#OpsConsulting 

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Use/Protect
Req ID
758
Posted
Aug 08, 2025
Aug 08, 2025
Updated
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Office Location

Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.
We are looking for an experienced Data Analyst to join in Annapolis Junction, MD

Responsibilities:
The Data Analyst will perform data evaluations, analysis, define requirements, and create data customizations. Additional capabilities will include: 
  • Analyze and define data requirements and specifications; Anticipate changes in data capacity; assess validity of source data. 
  • Collect metrics and trending data; Perform sensitivity analysis.
  • Read, interpret, write, modify, and execute simple scripts on Windows and UNIX; utilize different programing languages to write code, and to open, read and write files.
  • Communicate written and verbal information in a timely, clear, and concise manner.
  • Apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
  • Develop data standards, policies, and procedures; conduct hypothesis testing using statistical processes.
  • Document implementation of mathematical, data science, and/or computer science methods.
  • Identify common encoding techniques; Assess predictive power and generalizability of a model.

Requirements:
  • Six (6) years of demonstrated experience as a data analyst in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
  • Three (3) years of demonstrated experience in cybersecurity activities in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in a related field. 
  • Experience using Splunk is required with completed certifications being highly desirable.
  • US citizenship and an active security clearance required
#LI-BT1
#OpsConsulting 

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Use/Protect
Req ID
849
Posted
Dec 15, 2025
Dec 15, 2025
Updated
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Office Location

McLean, VA
McLean, United States

Job Description

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

The Swift Group is looking for a Data Analyst to innovate, test, and apply new methods of analysis while serving as an instructor. You will be responsible for providing course instruction and contributing across various groups applying data analysis principles. As a methodological analyst/instructor, you will work to create, improve, and validate training material. There are some opportunities to work on projects and offer consulting on a wide variety of customer needs and data sets.

Responsibilities:
  • Serve as an instructor for the analysis courses (Intro class is every other month, Advanced course is quarterly)
  • Prepare and deliver documents ranging from technical reviews, class enhancements, and curriculum updates
  • Organize and actively engage on Technical Review Boards (TRB) and Working Groups (WG) and serve as an operational expert to various elements
  • Ensure that operational plans are compliant with technical requirements and quality control standards
  • Coordinate and communicate between various operational elements to create the best solutions and teaching environments possible
  • Foster creative updates to courses that this position will manage and instruct; work with an instructional designer to refresh/update the course as needed
  • Market course to target audiences
  • Be available on client systems to answer questions from students on a regular basis

Requirements:
  • Demonstrated experience with Python, especially in the creation of queries
  • Experience serving as a technical instructor
  • Strong problem solving and analytical skills
  • Strong relationship and network building skills
  • Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field
  • US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience:
  • Experience with Social Network Analysis (SNA)
  • Programming background
  • Demonstrated experience with Jupyter Notebooks
  • Experience with Python package Networkx

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.
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#Onsite 

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Enterprise IT
Req ID
826
Posted
Nov 04, 2025
Nov 04, 2025
Updated
Dec 20, 2025
Dec 20, 2025

Office Location

Herndon, VA
Herndon, United States

Job Description

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. In this role, you will influence how data is designed, governed, moved, and leveraged across critical customer environments. This is an opportunity for an engineer who loves solving complex data problems, thrives in a collaborative environment, and wants to build scalable pipelines and platforms that accelerate outcomes.

Responsibilities:
  • Architect, build, and optimize secure, scalable, and automated data pipelines across structured and unstructured sources
  • Design and maintain data models, warehouse schemas, and metadata structures to support analytics, reporting, and decision-making
  • Lead development of ETL/ELT workflows using modern tools, frameworks, and cloud-based technologies
  • Partner with Data Scientists and Software Engineers to prepare, cleanse, transform, and annotate data for use cases
  • Design and implement advanced table structures, indexing strategies, and performance optimizations for large-scale datasets
  • Evaluate and integrate third-party tools, APIs, and open-source libraries for text extraction, transformation, and automation
  • Develop and enhance Python-based data extraction and processing utilities (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, etc.)
  • Create and maintain relational data structures and loading routines to support analytical workloads
  • Produce real-time and ad-hoc dashboards, metrics, and operational reports to answer mission-critical questions
  • Support and mature data governance and metadata cataloging
  • Document data architectures, pipelines, infrastructure, and automation patterns
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, reviews, and technical prioritization
  • Provide technical mentorship and knowledge-sharing to engineering teammates and mission stakeholders

Requirements:
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or similar technical roles
  • Proficiency in Python, including custom script development and leveraging external packages / APIs
  • Experience extracting text and structured data from multiple formats (PDF, MS Word, XML, logs, JSON, etc.)
  • Strong experience with SQL development, query optimization, and performance tuning (Oracle strongly preferred)
  • Proven experience designing and implementing ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows
  • Hands-on experience with regular expressions, data parsing, cleansing, and transformation logic
  • Experience designing and modifying data schemas, relational models, and ingestion patterns
  • Familiarity with data warehousing, metadata management, and data modeling best practices
  • Experience using version control systems (e.g., Git/GitHub)
  • Ability to communicate complex data concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • US Citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Do you know anyone for this position, or other positions open at The Swift Group? We offer a $5,000 bonus for any referral candidate we hire, paid out at the new hire’s 90-day mark.
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#Onsite 

The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

Departments

Enterprise IT
Req ID
837
Posted
Nov 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2025
Updated
Jan 21, 2026
1 weeks ago

Office Location

Laurel, MD
Laurel, United States
Annapolis Junction, MD
Annapolis Junction, United States

Job Description

For the OPS Consulting team, ‘the power to help’ means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

We are looking for a Data Scientist to join a robust team in Annapolis Junction and/or Laurel, MD. This role focuses on extracting insights and value from large, complex datasets to support mission needs. The ideal candidate applies a blend of mathematical, statistical, computational, and domain-specific expertise to analyze data, develop models, and communicate clear, actionable findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities:
  • Apply two or more core data science skill areas, including:
    • Mathematical, computational, and statistical foundations
    • Data processing, management, curation, visualization, and reproducible analytic workflows
    • Data modeling, inference, prediction, and domain-specific analysis
  • Compile, integrate, and manage data from multiple sources using computer scripting, APIs, and analytic tools.
  • Develop and apply statistical analyses, data models, and quantitative methods to explore, assess, and characterize large and complex datasets.
  • Design and build rapid analytic prototypes to generate metrics and insights, including performance metrics for sensor or system data.
  • Develop reproducible data analysis workflows using Python and common data science tools (e.g., Jupyter notebooks, Pandas).
  • Interact with APIs and existing tools to retrieve, process, and analyze data; develop or extend tools as needed to support analytics.
  • Translate mission or operational questions into technical and analytic requirements and corresponding analytic approaches.
  • Evaluate data quality, structure, and limitations, and account for these factors in analytical methods and conclusions.
  • Communicate complex analytical methods, results, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Assess and recommend analytic techniques, tools, and technical solutions based on evolving data collection, processing, storage, and analytics capabilities and constraints.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support data-driven decision-making in mission environments.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related quantitative discipline (or equivalent experience)
  • Minimum of three (3) years of relevant data analysis or data science experience
  • Experience with data compilation and integration from multiple sources using scripting and APIs
  • Experience applying statistical analysis and data modeling techniques
  • Proficiency in Python for data analysis, including use of Jupyter notebooks and Pandas
  • Experience developing rapid analytic prototypes and performance metrics

Security Clearance: A current government clearance, background investigation, and polygraph are required.
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The Swift Group and Subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Pay Range: $49,996.80 - $290,004.00
Pay ranges are a general guideline and not intended as a guaranteed and/or implied final compensation or salary for this job opening. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several different factors including, but not limited to: level of position, complexity of job responsibilities, geographic location, work experience, education, certifications, Federal Government contract labor categories, and contract wage rates. 
At The Swift Group and Subsidiaries, you will receive comprehensive benefits including but not limited to: healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time off benefits. 

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