Staff Data Engineer

Responsibilities

• Overview - We are delivering a production‑grade, AWS‑based Data Lake, Digital Framework, and seamless data integration for a non‑DoD customer
• The Data Engineer will design, build, and operate the data pipelines that ingest, transform, catalog, and serve Lockheed Martin and third‑party data to AI/ML, Unified HMI, and command‑and‑control (C2) applications
• This role works closely with the AWS Infrastructure Architect, AI/ML Engineers, Software Factory, MBSE team (Cameo DOORS NEXT), and the Advisory Board to ensure data quality, security, and performance across the end‑to‑end mission workflow (Detection Prediction Response Recovery)
• Data Lake Architecture - Design the AWS Data Lake to store raw, curated, and analytics‑ready data
• Define data‑zone concepts (raw, landing, trusted, analytics) and enforce lifecycle policies (retention, archival, deletion)
• Ingestion & Streaming - Build high‑throughput ingestion pipelines and implement schema-on-write and schema-on-read strategies
• Other Functions Data transformation, catalog & metadata management, and security & governance
• You will work closely with system architects, software engineers, AI/ML specialists, and the Advisory Board to ensure the interface supports the full Detection Prediction Response Recovery workflow
• Hands‑on with AWS Glue, Spark, DBT, Airflow (or Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow).
• Schedule for this Position: 4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

Skills

• A self-starter
• Experienced DSO Engineer
• An engineer committed to delivering high quality, cutting edge technology to be used by our customers and allies across the country and world
• 6 + years professional data‑engineering experience; 3 years designing and operating AWS‑native data lakes for mission‑critical or high‑volume workloads
• Extensive knowledge of AWS, AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty and Solutions Architect preffered
• Proven experience in SAFe/Agile environments, working with cross‑functional teams (AI/ML, UX, Systems Engineering)
• Deep knowledge of S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Kinesis, MSK, Redshift, Athena, QuickSight, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM, KMS
• Proficient in Python (PySpark, Boto3), Scala, SQL, and Shell/Bash
• Experience integrating MBSE data from Cameo DOORS NEXT into data‑lake pipelines
• Knowledge of AI/ML data pipelines (SageMaker Feature Store, model‑artifact versioning)

Benefits

• 💼 Description:We are committed to work life balance by promoting this REMOTE telework option
• 💡 Joining our team offers you the opportunity to support a company and a team where your contributions are valued and you can develop your skills and expertise
• 🌟 Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance
• 🔄 Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life both in and outside of work, along with competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits
• 🌎 Ability to Work Remotely: Full-time Remote Telework: The employee selected for this position will work remotely full time at a location other than a Lockheed Martin designated office/job site
• 📅 Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed
• 🎁 These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits
• 💰 Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $131,000 - $227,125. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location
• 🏥 Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays
• 💵 This position is incentive plan eligible
• 💰 Pay Rate: The annual base salary range for this position in California, Massachusetts, and New York (excluding most major metropolitan areas), Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Washington or Washington DC is $113,900 - $200,905. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location
• 🏥 Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays
• 📅 (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays
• 📅 Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays
• 📅 PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year
• 💰 This position is incentive plan eligible
• 🌟 Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits enable our employees to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work

Company Information

• Company: Lockheed Martin
• Location: Colorado Springs, CO
• Arrangement: Remote
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