Data Lead, Defense: Real-Time Pipelines & Insights

Air Space Intelligence

Colorado Springs (CO)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Air Space Intelligence is seeking a candidate to own the reality layer for defense products, improving data flows and translating findings into actionable pipelines for critical decision-making.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong data engineering skills, proficiency in debugging, and the ability to communicate technical details clearly. Active security clearance is required for this role, and experience with modern data tools is essential.

Qualifications

Strong fluency with modern data engineering tooling.
Demonstrated ability to debug data effectively.
Strong technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

Own the reality layer powering ASI's defense products.
Operate and improve data flows from mission systems.
Translate data findings into actionable pipelines.

Skills

Fluent with modern data engineering tooling

Ability to debug data

Technical communication skills

Distributed messaging and processing

API design and integration

Knowledge of modern network protocols

Familiarity with defense operational data

Operating in classified network environments

Deploying data infrastructure on Kubernetes

Problem solving in ambiguous environments

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

Airflow

JSON

Protobuf

Job description

Air Space Intelligence is seeking a candidate to own the reality layer for defense products, improving data flows and translating findings into actionable pipelines for critical decision-making.

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