Chief Data Engineer
Core
Provide technical leadership for an enterprise data platform supporting federal investigative, audit, and oversight missions by architecting and leading cloud-based pipelines.
Role type
Senior IC Chief Data Engineer (Enterprise Data Platform)
Builds
Cloud-based data pipelines, authoritative datasets, and lakehouse architectures for federal investigative and AI applications.
Domain
Federal government / Data Engineering & Cloud Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Enterprise data architecture, Cloud data engineering (Azure), Data pipeline design (batch/streaming), Data modeling (relational/graph/geospatial), Team leadership, Legacy ETL modernization, Data governance & security, Performance optimization, Technical documentation
Preferred skills
Informatica PowerCenter/Data Quality, Delta Lake, Government data fabrics (Delta Sharing), Federal security environments (Azure Gov/AWS GovCloud), Law enforcement/investigative data background, NIST 800-53/FedRAMP compliance
Technologies
Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse, Python, SQL, PySpark, Delta Lake, Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica Data Quality
Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of enterprise data ingestion and transformation pipelines; Oversee migration from legacy ETL to modern cloud technologies; Architect scalable data integration patterns; Lead production operations and performance optimization; Design integrations with data fabrics and secure protocols; Coordinate phased data onboarding and deployment; Provide technical leadership for cloud analytics and lakehouse architecture; Optimize platforms for AI workloads; Lead and coordinate data engineering resources; Develop technical documentation; Collaborate with government stakeholders and AI engineers.
Seniority
Executive/Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership