Remote Data Engineer — Cloud Pipelines & Kubernetes

Devconnectplatform; United States; Remote; USD 149.000 - 201.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Company stock options

Home office budget

Paid time off

401k retirement plan

Parental leave

Learning reimbursements

Zusammenfassung

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Data Engineer to design and operate scalable data pipelines across AWS and on-prem environments, with a focus on Kubernetes-based streaming solutions like Kafka/Redpanda. You will implement best practices for security, configuration management, and performance optimization, while collaborating with platform teams to automate provisioning and monitoring.

The role requires 5+ years in production data engineering, strong cloud and containerization skills, and the

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years building production data pipelines on Kubernetes.
• Experience with Kafka/Redpanda data streaming on Kubernetes.
• Proficiency with Docker and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with AWS/GCP/Azure clouds and Terraform.

Aufgaben

• Design data workflows and ETL/ELT pipelines across AWS and on-prem.
• Architect and operate streaming systems (Kafka/Redpanda/Kinesis) on Kubernetes.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and monitoring with Terraform.
• Ensure security, compliance with DoD standards, and data protection.

Kenntnisse

Data workflows

ETL/ELT design

Security compliance

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Kafka

Redpanda

Terraform

Pulumi

AWS

GCP

Azure

Jobbeschreibung

Defense Unicorns is seeking a Data Engineer to design and operate scalable data pipelines across AWS and on-prem environments, with a focus on Kubernetes-based streaming solutions like Kafka/Redpanda. You will implement best practices for security, configuration management, and performance optimization, while collaborating with platform teams to automate provisioning and monitoring.

The role requires 5+ years in production data engineering, strong cloud and containerization skills, and the