Some data engineering posts carry a requirement that decides eligibility before skills do. A search for clearance on Data Engineer Jobs returns roles where a clearance level appears in the title or the post.
A clearance search on Data Engineer Jobs.
Roles in the clearance search on November 1, 2026
- Software Engineer, Data - Top Secret Clearance on the Starlink program at SpaceX, remote
- Staff Data Engineer and Forward Deployed Data Engineer – TS/SCI at Twenty, on-site
- Enterprise Database Engineer – Geospatial | TS/SCI at Esri, remote
- Several Esri enterprise data engineer roles, some remote and some hybrid
- FDE Data Engineer- Space and Data Engineer at Defense Unicorns, remote
- Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector at Scale AI, on-site
- Senior Data Engineer at Clarity Innovates, on-site
- A senior forward deployed data engineer role marked Secret at Spear AI, on-site
Read the eligibility lines first
TS/SCI, Top Secret and Secret in a title point to the clearance the work requires. Whether you need it on day one is set by the employer, so read the eligibility section of the post before anything else.
Remote is possible
Several roles in this group were marked remote, including ones at SpaceX, Esri and Defense Unicorns. Others were on-site. Check the work model label on each listing.
Esri has the most roles here
Esri accounted for more than half of the results. Its titles included Technical Consultant – Enterprise Data Engineer (Geospatial Data & Platforms) and System Engineer- Enterprise Data Engineer (Mission-Focused). Several were listed for both the United States and globally, so the same role can appear more than once.
Check the dates
Most of the Esri and SpaceX roles were posted within the last few days. The Spear AI role was three months old and the Twenty roles were a month old. Confirm an older role is still open on the employer site.
Searching this group
Search for clearance, then try TS/SCI and public sector as separate terms, since posts phrase the requirement in different ways. To see all roles at one of these employers, use the companies hiring data engineers page.
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