Staff Data Scientist & Data Engineering Lead

Northrop Grumman; Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 292,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

PTO & Time Off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Data Scientist for the Sentinel program. The role will be based in Roy, Utah or Manhattan Beach, CA, and focus on engineering scalable data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver insights for decision makers. The position requires extensive data engineering experience, strong programming skills, and a commitment to data quality and security.

Qualifications

• 12 years professional experience with Bachelors in Science; 10 years with Masters; 8 years with PhD or an additional 4 years of related experience in lieu of degree
• Must be a US citizen.
• Experience using programming languages and tools for data science and data engineering; e.g., Python, SQL, Neo4j, Tableau, AWS.
• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining production-quality data ETL/ELT pipelines from various sources using APIs, custom code, and other extraction methods
• Experience handling structured and unstructured data and using database management systems
• Experience with distributed (cloud) data storage structures, local databases, and other data storage forms

Responsibilities

• Lead data engineering initiatives to design, build, and maintain production data pipelines.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to collect analytics requirements and translate them into scalable data solutions.
• Mentor junior data engineers and enforce engineering best practices.
• Oversee data governance and security protocols across division data assets.

Skills

Python

SQL

Neo4j

Tableau

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science

Master's degree

PhD or equivalent experience

Tools

CI/CD tools

Containerization

Data governance tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Data Scientist for the Sentinel program. The role will be based in Roy, Utah or Manhattan Beach, CA, and focus on engineering scalable data pipelines and analytics infrastructure.

You will mentor engineers and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver insights for decision makers. The position requires extensive data engineering experience, strong programming skills, and a commitment to data quality and security.