Senior Data Engineer: Mission Data Products

LMI Government Consulting; Fort Bragg (NC); On-site; USD 128,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products for Army program operations. This senior IC role requires making architectural decisions, building production systems, and elevating the team’s technical standards onsite at Fort Bragg, NC.

The role demands eight+ years of production data experience, strong Python/SQL skills, and hands-on work with enterprise platforms such as Palantir Foundry, Maven,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Eight+ years of experience building production data systems.
• Strong proficiency with Python, SQL, and modern data-engineering patterns.
• Experience designing data pipelines and products on Palantir Foundry, Maven, Army Vantage or a comparable enterprise data platform.
• Experience with data modeling, ontology, data quality, and lineage.
• Strong software-engineering fundamentals, including testing, source control, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Experience supporting a Department of Defense customer.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products.
• Integrate and transform data from multiple Army and enterprise sources.
• Develop data models and ontology that support applications, reporting, and analysis.
• Design for data quality, lineage, security, observability, and long-term maintainability.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.
• Partner with software engineers, product designers, and customer stakeholders.
• Review technical designs, mentor engineers, and resolve complex data challenges.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Palantir Foundry

Maven

Army Vantage

Data modeling

Ontology

Data quality

Data lineage

CI/CD

Source control

Testing

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Maven

Army Vantage

Job description

LMI Government Consulting is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products for Army program operations. This senior IC role requires making architectural decisions, building production systems, and elevating the team’s technical standards onsite at Fort Bragg, NC.

The role demands eight+ years of production data experience, strong Python/SQL skills, and hands-on work with enterprise platforms such as Palantir Foundry, Maven,