Senior Data & AI Platform Architect

Rocketdyne; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocketdyne seeks a Senior Manager, Data & AI to own data platforms and AI/ML capabilities, directing outsourced delivery partners and setting technical standards across the data and analytics footprint.

This hands-on architecture and strategy role partners with the Enterprise Architect to govern master data management, consolidate legacy platforms, and define data-architecture standards and governance for AI tooling and security.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data architecture, data platform engineering, or AI/ML strategy roles.
• Deep hands-on expertise with Snowflake and/or Databricks.
• Experience with Palantir or comparable data integration/analytics platforms.
• Experience owning or co-owning MDM strategy and analytics platform architecture.
• Knowledge of enterprise AI tooling governance and acceptable-use considerations.
• Working knowledge of CMMC, ITAR, and/or DFARS requirements related to data platforms.
• U.S. Person status required (ITAR data access).
• Experience directing outsourced/AMS delivery partners without formal supervisory authority.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and strategy for Rocketdyne's data platforms including environment design, workload placement, performance, and cost governance.
• Direct outsourced delivery partners on data platform administration, pipeline development, and operations as defined by the architecture.
• Own AI/ML capability strategy and roadmap across the enterprise, including current platforms and future tooling.
• Define governance and acceptable-use standards for AI tooling, especially for regulated data.
• Identify, prioritize, and business-case AI/ML use cases with engineering, manufacturing, and business stakeholders.
• Direct outsourced delivery partners on AI platform administration, model governance, and rollout support.
• Partner on golden-source data domain definitions across ERP, PLM, and MES for MDM alignment.
• Lead consolidation of duplicative data and analytics platforms into a single, right-sized stack post-TSA exit.

Skills

Data architecture

Data platform engineering

AI/ML strategy

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Palantir

Microsoft Copilot

GitHub Copilot/Codex

Job description

Rocketdyne seeks a Senior Manager, Data & AI to own data platforms and AI/ML capabilities, directing outsourced delivery partners and setting technical standards across the data and analytics footprint.

This hands-on architecture and strategy role partners with the Enterprise Architect to govern master data management, consolidate legacy platforms, and define data-architecture standards and governance for AI tooling and security.