Senior Data Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop, test, and sustain data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline code.

• Convert raw and synthetic data into governed, analysis-ready data products.

• Expand the platform in accordance with the architecture, patterns, and standards established by the lead platform engineer.

• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines to promote work into the accredited production environment.

• Oversee data quality, pipeline reliability, and performance metrics.

• Diagnose and resolve pipeline-related issues.

• Implement data governance, cataloging, and access-control practices.

• Assist the data science and machine learning teams by providing governed datasets and tools.

• Operate under FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI constraints.

• Work collaboratively with the engineering team.

• Keep comprehensive documentation of pipelines and processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory.

• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance; an active clearance is preferred.

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in building and maintaining production data pipelines.

• Strong expertise in Python and SQL.

• Practical experience in ETL/data pipeline development and robust analytical data modeling.

• Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP acceptable) and version control/CI/CD workflows.

• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication abilities.

• At least 8 years of experience with a BS/BA; or a minimum of 6 years with an MS/MA.

• Experience with Databricks or a similar lakehouse stack: Spark, Delta, dbt, or Snowflake.

• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD practices for data workloads.

• Experience in regulated or accredited environments: FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, CMMC, or handling CUI.

• Active security clearance (T5/SSBI or higher).

• Background in government or defense contracting.

• Familiarity with data governance/cataloging tools, such as Unity Catalog, and orchestration tools like Airflow or dbt.

• Reliable and self-motivated execution with minimal supervision.

• Strong collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical teams.

• Ability to document clearly and share knowledge effectively.

• Willingness to take ownership and learn about the compliance environment.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Health savings account.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• Employee assistance program (EAP).

• Parental leave.

• 401(k).

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacations.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Possible eligibility for overtime.

• Possible eligibility for shift differential.

• Possible eligibility for a discretionary bonus.