Principal Data Engineer: Architect Digital Data Ecosystems

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (KY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector seeks a Principal or Sr Principal Data Engineer to join our Digital Strategy & Analytics team in Melbourne, FL. You will help design an ecosystem of data pipelines, catalogs, and consumable data products to drive performance across strategic activities.

You will share ownership of the technical vision for a digital ecosystem, work with stakeholders to capture data needs, and lead architectural assessments to digitize core business functions while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with relevant experience.
• Master's degree in STEM with significant experience is preferred.
• Experience with data architecture, data models, and integration for operational and analytical systems.
• Proficiency in SQL Server and data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI).
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and data security practices.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. government Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and run a data architecture plan aligning with business goals.
• Build and maintain data models and metadata standards for integration and analytics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements and deliver solutions.
• Provide architectural recommendations across teams and products.
• Lead assessments to digitize core business functions within a digital ecosystem.
• Ensure storage and retrieval solutions meet business needs and security standards.
• Communicate effectively with verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Collaborate and solve problems across teams.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL Server

Data visualization

Data governance

Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Denodo

Collibra

Airflow

Hadoop

Spark

PowerShell

Palantir

Databricks

DataHub

MongoDB

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector seeks a Principal or Sr Principal Data Engineer to join our Digital Strategy & Analytics team in Melbourne, FL. You will help design an ecosystem of data pipelines, catalogs, and consumable data products to drive performance across strategic activities.

You will share ownership of the technical vision for a digital ecosystem, work with stakeholders to capture data needs, and lead architectural assessments to digitize core business functions while