Senior Data Engineer - Secure Cloud Pipelines (Remote)

Amentum; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a senior data engineering leader to shape cloud-based GEOINT data platforms. You will design scalable pipelines, secure ingestion, and governance while partnering with mission stakeholders and engineering teams to ensure reliable operations.

You will mentor engineers, support Agile delivery, and drive architectural decisions across production data products with experience in Python/Scala/Java and secure API integrations. The role offers hybrid onsite work in the United States.

Qualifications

• Design, write, review, and support production code in Python, Scala, Java or comparable language with Git, automated testing, and CI/CD.
• Strong ETL/ELT architecture, data modeling, data quality, and secure API integrations.
• Own complex data engineering work from requirements and design through production operation.
• Deliver scalable production data pipelines across structured, semi-structured, or unstructured data.
• Lead collaboration with analytics, data science, product, security, and mission teams; mentor engineers.
• Active TS/SCI clearance to start; ability to gain and maintain a Poly.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s with required years of experience as stated.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and operation of scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for analytics and mission operations.
• Design and oversee API connectors for secure data ingestion from internal platforms and external services.
• Define data processing, storage, and database performance to meet scale, reliability, and latency needs.
• Establish and improve data quality, validation, monitoring, and governance across production data products.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to define requirements and guide technical solutions.
• Diagnose and resolve complex data integration and production incidents.
• Maintain architecture and operational documentation; mentor engineers through reviews.
• Support Agile planning and manage technical dependencies.
• Evaluate platform/tools and recommend improvements to data architecture and engineering practices.

Skills

Production code

Python/Scala/Java

Git

CI/CD

ETL/ELT architecture

Data modeling

Data quality

Secure API integrations

Engineering judgment

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Math

5–8 years experience

Master’s degree +3 years

Tools

Python

Scala

Java

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Amentum is seeking a senior data engineering leader to shape cloud-based GEOINT data platforms. You will design scalable pipelines, secure ingestion, and governance while partnering with mission stakeholders and engineering teams to ensure reliable operations.

You will mentor engineers, support Agile delivery, and drive architectural decisions across production data products with experience in Python/Scala/Java and secure API integrations. The role offers hybrid onsite work in the United States.