Principal Data Engineer - Mission Pipelines (Warp Core)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary $200K-275K

Medical, dental, vision premiums

401K matching

PTO: 25 days + 10 holidays

Job summary

BOOST LLC, on behalf of Galaxia Technologies, seeks a Principal Data Engineer for Mission Data Pipelines in El Segundo, CA. You will design, implement, and sustain robust data pipelines supporting the USSF Warp Core platform, partnering with SSC and multiple agencies to enable secure, real-time mission insights.

You will lead data architecture, security compliance, and ETL development, using NiFi/Airflow and Python.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant experience and a related degree; or 7+ with a master's; or 4+ with a PhD.
• 7+ years in software engineering, system integration, or data platform development in DoD, IC, or complex mission environments.
• Expertise in designing and implementing data pipelines, ETL workflows, and integration architectures.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.).
• Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain and maintain SCI and consent to a polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Analyze mission workflows and Warp Core data platform architectures to identify critical data artifacts.
• Define structure, semantics, and lifecycle of mission data products.
• Ensure data standards support interoperability and traceability across mission components.
• Document interface specifications to ensure interoperability and audit readiness.
• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines using low-code/no-code tools and Python transformations.

Skills

Data pipelines

ETL architectures

Python

APIs

RMF compliance

DoD knowledge

Communication skills

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IS

Master's degree in CS/SE

Ph.D. in related discipline

Tools

Apache NiFi

Apache Airflow

Palantir Foundry

Job description

BOOST LLC, on behalf of Galaxia Technologies, seeks a Principal Data Engineer for Mission Data Pipelines in El Segundo, CA. You will design, implement, and sustain robust data pipelines supporting the USSF Warp Core platform, partnering with SSC and multiple agencies to enable secure, real-time mission insights.

You will lead data architecture, security compliance, and ETL development, using NiFi/Airflow and Python.