Data Engineer: Secure Pipelines & Analytics (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; United States; Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop an ecosystem of interconnected business systems, data pipelines, and data products in El Segundo, CA. A hybrid work arrangement may be considered.

You will collaborate with data scientists and stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable ETL solutions, build data models, and deliver visualizations using Tableau and Power BI. A strong data engineering foundation and security compliance are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with at least 2 years of experience or Master’s degree with at least 0 years of experience.
• Experience with Python, SQL, Tableau, Power BI, Azure, and data visualization tools.
• Experience with data architecture, data models, and integration for operational and analytical systems.
• Active US Government Secret Clearance and ability to obtain program access.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes across multiple data sources.
• Build and optimise data models for analytics and reporting.
• Implement data quality, validation, and monitoring frameworks for reliable insights.
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and stakeholders to translate requirements into specs.
• Create reusable analytics code libraries to accelerate self-service analytics.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy policies.
• Develop visualizations (Tableau, Power BI) and ad-hoc querying tools for stakeholders.
• Perform exploratory data analysis and identify trends and anomalies in data.

Skills

Python

SQL

Tableau

Power BI

Azure

Databricks

Dagster

Airflow

GIT

Command Line

SQL Server

Visual Studio

FastAPI

OpenCV

PyTorch

scikit-learn

pillow

Tableau/Power BI

Data governance

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Databricks

Airflow

SQL Server

Dagster

Azure

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Data Engineer to design and develop an ecosystem of interconnected business systems, data pipelines, and data products in El Segundo, CA. A hybrid work arrangement may be considered.

You will collaborate with data scientists and stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable ETL solutions, build data models, and deliver visualizations using Tableau and Power BI. A strong data engineering foundation and security compliance are essential.