Senior Data Platform Engineer — Satellite Data & Analytics

Umbra; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, LTD,STD

Stock Options

401k with company contribution

Free parking

Free lunch in office daily

Job summary

Umbra is hiring a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. You will design and maintain scalable data pipelines, models, and lakehouse architectures, leveraging Databricks, dbt, and cloud services.

You will collaborate with product owners and engineers to ensure data quality, governance, and reliable decision support, contributing to space tech leadership from Reston/Arlington/Santa Barbara offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science or related field.
• 8+ years of experience as a data engineer or similar.
• Strong SQL skills and data warehousing/lakehouse concepts.
• Python and SQL with version control and CI/CD practice.
• Experience with Omni Analytics, Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience with Databricks, Hadoop/Spark, or similar.
• dbt or equivalent data transformation framework experience.
• Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) for storage/processing.
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools.
• Strong communication and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastruc ture for satellite and operations data.
• Develop data models, warehouses, lakehouse patterns, and dbt transformations.
• Build analytics platform capabilities using Databricks and cloud services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data requirements and ensure quality.
• Establish data governance, reliability, security, and cost observability.

Skills

SQL

Data warehousing

Lakehouse

Python

CI/CD

Databricks

Hadoop/Spark

dbt

Cloud platforms

Observability tools

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, or related field

Tools

Omni Analytics

Tableau

Power BI

Databricks

Hadoop ecosystem

dbt

Job description

Umbra is hiring a Senior/Staff Data Platform Engineer to lead data infrastructure for autonomous satellite operations and analytics. You will design and maintain scalable data pipelines, models, and lakehouse architectures, leveraging Databricks, dbt, and cloud services.

You will collaborate with product owners and engineers to ensure data quality, governance, and reliable decision support, contributing to space tech leadership from Reston/Arlington/Santa Barbara offices.