Principal Data Engineer - Mission Data Pipelines (Secure)

BOOST; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, vision premiums

401K with match

PTO + holidays

Career growth

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

BOOST LLC and Galaxia Technologies seek a Principal Data Engineer to design and sustain mission data pipelines for the Warp Core platform in El Segundo, CA. You will build automated data flows, partner across SSC and agencies, and ensure secure, scalable pipelines for real-time mission insight.

The role requires TS clearance, DoD experience, and 9+ years in data engineering with ETL and data architecture. Competitive compensation and strong benefits accompany this high-visibility position.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant experience with a related degree; or 7 years with a master's; or 4 years with a PhD.
• 7+ years in software engineering, system integration or data platform development in DoD/IC environments.
• Experience designing data pipelines and ETL architectures; structured and semi-structured data.

Responsibilities

• Architect mission data pipelines for ingest, transform, store, and distribute data.
• Define interfaces and data exchange with external mission systems.
• Ensure RMF compliance and DoD security alignment for pipelines.
• Develop and maintain scalable ETL pipelines using low/no-code tools and Python.
• Provide monitoring, documentation, and interface specifications for accreditation.

Skills

Data pipelines design

ETL workflows

System integration

DoD experience

Python data libraries

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS or related

Master's degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

JSON

XML

CSV

Apache NiFi

Apache Airflow

Job description

BOOST LLC and Galaxia Technologies seek a Principal Data Engineer to design and sustain mission data pipelines for the Warp Core platform in El Segundo, CA. You will build automated data flows, partner across SSC and agencies, and ensure secure, scalable pipelines for real-time mission insight.

The role requires TS clearance, DoD experience, and 9+ years in data engineering with ETL and data architecture. Competitive compensation and strong benefits accompany this high-visibility position.