Tech Stack

Description

You will design, build, and operate streaming and batch data pipelines, lakehouse patterns, and platform services for a secure cloud platform team supporting government customers. Your work will enable rapid, secure delivery across a complex government program, focusing on reliability, automation, and security compliance.

Requirements

• 5 years of cloud, infrastructure, or data platform engineering experience
• 3 years of designing secure data platform architectures
• Hands-on experience with IaC and DevOps in production
• Experience in classified environments (ex: NIPR/SIPR/JWICS)
• Background in data engineering and security hardening
• Must have an active Top Secret level clearance

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD for data pipelines and platform services
• Build and manage IaC using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CDK
• Operate tooling: Crossplane, Backstage, Argo CD
• Implement GitOps workflows using GitLab/GitHub
• Manage Kubernetes and Docker for data services
• Design secure, scalable data platform architectures on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government
• Optimize network architecture for data movement
• Manage IAM and secrets for pipelines
• Administer Linux/Windows systems with monitoring and logging
• Troubleshoot and optimize pipelines (Kafka/Spark tuning, S3/Redshift patterns)
• Implement security controls aligned with NIST, FedRAMP, and DISA STIG
• Embed data governance: classification, lineage, retention, encryption
• Integrate automated security and policy-as-code checks
• Support audits, ATO, and compliance assessments
• Manage encryption, keys, and access in classified networks
• Operate within SAFe Agile ceremonies
• Mentor peers and drive engineering standards
• Identify optimization opportunities across platform components
• Document runbooks and operational procedures