Lead Data Engineer, Decision Analytics (Secret)

Northrop Grumman; Roy, Northern (UT, KY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Roy, UT seeks a Staff Data Engineer (T5) to lead the Decision Support & Analytics portfolio. You will design and deliver analytics products that speed decision making for program leadership, leveraging data from DE&I platforms and other sources.

The role requires a US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance, with potential relocation assistance and a competitive base salary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 12+ years of relevant experience; or a Master's with 10+; or a PhD with 8+ years. In lieu of a formal degree, 4 additional years of relevant experience may be considered.
• Experience designing analytics and decision support solutions that ingest complex program data and deliver actionable insights via dashboards, reports, or analytic services.
• Strong background in data integration, analytics pipelines, and applying statistical or ML/AI techniques to real-world decision support problems.
• Experience acting as a technical lead on multi-component analytics solutions, integrating data, software, and visualization.
• Ability to work under consultative direction, initiating technical tasks and selecting approaches that support long‑range decision support objectives.
• Must be a US Citizen with an Active DoD Secret clearance, current and within scope, with ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret and SAP approval.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and implementation of decision support and analytics solutions that leverage data from Data Engineering & Intelligence (DE&I) platforms and other sources to provide high-value insights.
• Design and oversee analytics pipelines and data models that support dashboards, reports, and analytic services for executive and engineering stakeholders.
• Establish and promote standards for analytics data modeling, dashboard design, visualization patterns, and performance optimization, ensuring consistency and quality across DS&A products.
• Conduct and lead technical trade studies and design reviews for new analytics capabilities, assessing options for feasibility, scalability, usability, and maintainability.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and developers working on DS&A products, guiding them in choosing appropriate tools, patterns, and techniques.
• Collaborate closely with the DE&I Lead Engineer and other portfolio leads to ensure smooth integration between data platforms and decision support/analytics layers.
• Support the DS&A Portfolio Manager in preparing technical content for briefings to DSP leadership and customers, including explaining analytic architectures, performance results, and limitations.
• Serve as a key technical resource for questions related to DS&A architectures, tools, and practices, advising teams on how to best use DS&A capabilities to solve program problems.

Skills

Technical leadership

Analytics design

Data integration

Dashboards & reports

ML/AI techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Data platforms

Visualization tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Roy, UT seeks a Staff Data Engineer (T5) to lead the Decision Support & Analytics portfolio. You will design and deliver analytics products that speed decision making for program leadership, leveraging data from DE&I platforms and other sources.

The role requires a US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance, with potential relocation assistance and a competitive base salary.