Secret-Cleared Data Platform Architect

Expression Networks; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k matching

PPO and HDHP medical/dental/vision

Education reimbursement

Life insurance

Generous PTO and holidays

Onsite gym

Commuter Benefits Plan

In-office coffee

Job summary

Expression seeks an experienced Data Platform Architect to guide data, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives in mission environments. You will architect scalable pipelines and platform assets across Databricks and Palantir Foundry, ensuring governance, security, and production readiness.

The role spans data integration, MLOps, DevOps, and platform operations, with emphasis on reproducibility, performance optimization, and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical experience with modern data platforms (Databricks/Palantir Foundry) or similar.
• Strong programming and data-processing skills: Python, SQL, PySpark.
• Experience with enterprise analytics platforms, data pipelines, and governance.
• Hands-on knowledge of platform-native services (Delta Lake, MLflow, Unity Catalog).
• Familiarity with DataOps/DevOps/MLOps concepts including CI/CD and testing.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on architectural guidance for data pipelines and ML workflows in Databricks and Palantir Foundry.
• Define and enforce technical standards for data platforms, pipelines, and governance.
• Guide production readiness, deployment, monitoring, and observability practices.
• Lead CI/CD implementations for data jobs, notebooks, models, and data products.
• Design scalable data models and integrations with BI tools (Tableau/Power BI/Qlik Sense).
• Develop reusable templates and reference architectures to accelerate delivery.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Spark SQL

Databricks

Palantir Foundry

MLOps

DataOps

Tools

Delta Lake

MLflow

Unity Catalog

Databricks Workflows

Palantir Foundry pipelines

Git-based CI/CD

Job description

Expression seeks an experienced Data Platform Architect to guide data, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives in mission environments. You will architect scalable pipelines and platform assets across Databricks and Palantir Foundry, ensuring governance, security, and production readiness.

The role spans data integration, MLOps, DevOps, and platform operations, with emphasis on reproducibility, performance optimization, and cross-team collaboration.