Senior Data Engineer – Cloud Pipelines & Secure Data

The MITRE Corporation; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE in Bedford, MA seeks a Data Engineer to design and operate secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines for mission-critical national security work. You will implement batch and streaming processing, data modeling, and governance across cloud-based and on‑prem environments, coordinating with sponsors and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes modern data architectures, CI/CD practices, and strong collaboration with data science and software teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field with 5 years of relevant experience.
• Hands‑on proficiency with Data Engineering approaches, including distributed data processing, cloud‑based data platforms, data lakehouse architectures, ETL orchestration, data modeling, and data governance.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government’s eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days per week on‑site.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable, and maintainable data platforms and pipelines in cloud-based and self-hosted environments.
• Develop batch and streaming data-processing solutions for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Create data models, schemas, interfaces, and storage architectures that support mission and analytical requirements.
• Evaluate and improve data quality, lineage, governance, access controls, and secure data‑handling practices.
• Translate sponsor and stakeholder needs into technical requirements and practical engineering solutions.
• Diagnose complex system, performance, reliability, and data-quality problems.
• Evaluate emerging data technologies and recommend their use when they provide meaningful mission or engineering benefits.
• Follow software engineering practices such as automated testing, version control, code review, modular design, observability, and continuous integration.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Contribute to applied research, prototypes, and technical publications, as appropriate.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data Modeling

Cloud Platforms

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Airflow

Dagster

NiFi

Job description

MITRE in Bedford, MA seeks a Data Engineer to design and operate secure, scalable data platforms and pipelines for mission-critical national security work. You will implement batch and streaming processing, data modeling, and governance across cloud-based and on‑prem environments, coordinating with sponsors and stakeholders.

The role emphasizes modern data architectures, CI/CD practices, and strong collaboration with data science and software teams.