Remote Platform Data Engineer: Airflow & OpenMetadata

CrowdStrike Inc.; Cheyenne (WY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, owning reliability, scalability, and performance of our data platform.

You will deploy Airflow and Superset in production, manage IaC with Terraform, and build CI/CD pipelines while enforcing security and compliance standards. Strong Python skills and OpenMetadata/DBT experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of combined infrastructure and data engineering experience.
• Advanced Python programming (5+ years).
• Expert knowledge of Apache Airflow deployment and administration.
• Strong experience deploying and managing Apache Superset or similar BI platforms.
• Cloud platform expertise across AWS, GCP, Azure, or OCI including IAM, networking, and managed services.
• Infrastructure-as-Code proficiency.
• Container orchestration experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker in production.
• Knowledge and experience with DBT and OpenMetadata.
• SQL and data modeling expertise.
• Experience with data security and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer core platform tooling including Airflow, and Superset in production environments.
• Manage infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for data platform components using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for platform services and data workflow deployments.
• Implement and enforce platform security, access controls, and compliance standards.
• Develop and maintain data models using DBT and catalog assets within OpenMetadata.
• Write efficient Python code for platform automation and data processing.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.

Skills

Advanced Python

Apache Airflow

DBT

OpenMetadata

SQL & Data Modeling

Data security & compliance

AI technologies in workflows

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI)

IaC (Terraform)

CJIS clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Apache Superset

Airflow

OpenMetadata

DBT

Job description

CrowdStrike, Inc. is seeking an experienced Platform Data Engineer to architect, deploy, and operate the core data infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of infrastructure and data engineering, owning reliability, scalability, and performance of our data platform.

You will deploy Airflow and Superset in production, manage IaC with Terraform, and build CI/CD pipelines while enforcing security and compliance standards. Strong Python skills and OpenMetadata/DBT experience are essential.