Senior Platform Engineer
Core
Define technical vision and roadmap for a secure, regulated common data platform and mission cloud ecosystem, including data lake/lakehouse, ingestion, modeling, and governance.
Role type
Senior Data Platform Architect (hands-on technical leadership)
Builds
Data pipelines, platform services, and reference implementations for government missions
Domain
US Federal Government / Data Engineering & Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Python development, data architecture, distributed data processing, architecture governance, DevSecOps, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation
Preferred skills
Data lake/lakehouse design, modern open data formats, data tagging/classification in strict access control, MBSE, SAFe, mentoring engineers
Technologies
Python, data processing/orchestration tools, distributed data processing frameworks
Responsibilities
Own technical vision and roadmap; translate vision into design decisions and standards; present architecture positions to review boards; prototype and review code; design/build data pipelines; establish data quality and observability practices; engage government stakeholders; document decisions and standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence