Remote Senior Data Platform Engineer — FedRAMP-ready

Peraton; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to build and extend a greenfield data and AI platform supporting federal background investigation work. This role is 100% remote and involves hands-on engineering in a high-trust environment with FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI handling requirements.

Working with the platform lead, you will develop pipelines, transformations, and data products, growing ownership as the platform matures.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance; active clearance preferred.
• 4 years building and maintaining production data pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Hands-on ETL / data pipeline development and sound analytical data modeling.
• Working familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP fine) and version control / CI/CD workflows.
• Solid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline code that turns raw and synthetic data into governed, analysis-ready data products.
• Extend the platform following the architecture, patterns, and standards set by the lead platform engineer.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines that promote work into the accredited production environment.
• Monitor data quality, pipeline reliability, and performance; troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Apply data governance, cataloging, and access-control practices within the established framework.
• Support the data science and ML team by delivering the governed datasets and tooling they need.
• Operate within FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI constraints in day-to-day engineering.
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team and maintain clear documentation of pipelines and processes.

Skills

Python

SQL

ETL / data pipeline development

data modeling

cloud data platforms

CI/CD workflows

communication skills

collaboration

documentation

ownership growth

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

Tools

Databricks

dbt

Airflow

Terraform

Snowflake

Unity Catalog

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to build and extend a greenfield data and AI platform supporting federal background investigation work. This role is 100% remote and involves hands-on engineering in a high-trust environment with FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI handling requirements.

Working with the platform lead, you will develop pipelines, transformations, and data products, growing ownership as the platform matures.