Engineering Manager, Army Logistics Data Platforms

LMI Government Consulting; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team building authoritative Army logistics data products. You will supervise data engineers and data scientists while remaining hands-on in architecture, data pipelines, and ontology work.

The role requires collaboration with government stakeholders to define priorities and ensure secure, reliable data delivery for operational needs. This position emphasizes engineering standards, production-grade delivery, and mentoring,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years in data engineering, software engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data delivery.
• Experience supervising technical professionals.
• Hands-on with Python and SQL.
• Experience building production data pipelines with Palantir Foundry, Army Vantage, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with data modeling, ontology development, data integration, and data-quality management.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: testing, source control, CI/CD, production monitoring.
• Experience supporting a DoD customer.
• Strong customer-facing and executive communication skills.
• Active Secret clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Own the development and sustainment of authoritative Army logistics data products.
• Lead and directly supervise a team of data engineers and data scientists.
• Remain hands-on with data architecture, pipeline development, ontology, code review, and troubleshooting.
• Establish engineering standards for quality, lineage, testing, source control, deployment, monitoring, and documentation.
• Work with government stakeholders to translate logistics needs into technical priorities and deliverable capabilities.
• Ensure data products are reliable, traceable, secure, and suitable for operational use.
• Develop engineers through technical direction, mentoring, feedback, and performance management.
• Provide trusted data foundations for downstream analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine-learning use cases.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Data architecture

Data modeling

Ontology development

CI/CD

Production monitoring

Testing

Data quality management

Security clearance

Team leadership

DoD experience

Cloud platforms

Source control

Distributed processing (PySpark)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Army Vantage

Palantir Continue

Job description

LMI Government Consulting is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team building authoritative Army logistics data products. You will supervise data engineers and data scientists while remaining hands-on in architecture, data pipelines, and ontology work.

The role requires collaboration with government stakeholders to define priorities and ensure secure, reliable data delivery for operational needs. This position emphasizes engineering standards, production-grade delivery, and mentoring,