Senior Data Engineer – Cloud Platforms & Governance

MITRE; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE’s Data Science and Engineering department is seeking an experienced Data Engineer who designs and implements data systems to solve mission problems, with expertise in data modeling, processing, infrastructure engineering, and deployment.

You will build scalable data platforms, develop batch and streaming solutions, ensure data quality and governance, and collaborate with sponsors to translate requirements into practical engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/IT or related field with 8 years of relevant experience.
• Advanced hands-on proficiency with 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 clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• On-site requirement: minimum 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure, scalable 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.
• Translate sponsor and stakeholder needs into technical requirements and practical engineering solutions.
• Lead technical workstreams or complex projects involving multiple contributors, dependencies, risks, and stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and transfer technical knowledge across teams.

Skills

Python

SQL

Spark

Hadoop

Docker

Kubernetes

Databricks

Education

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

Master’s degree in CS/SE/IT (preferred)

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Microsoft Fabric

Amazon EMR

Databricks

Job description

MITRE’s Data Science and Engineering department is seeking an experienced Data Engineer who designs and implements data systems to solve mission problems, with expertise in data modeling, processing, infrastructure engineering, and deployment.

You will build scalable data platforms, develop batch and streaming solutions, ensure data quality and governance, and collaborate with sponsors to translate requirements into practical engineering.