Job Title: Principal Data Platform Engineer
Location: Remote
Job Type: Contract W2
Clearance: with Active Top Secret Clearance
Top Skills
8+ years of data engineering or data platform experience, with proven ownership of building and operating a data lakehouse or platform from scratch.
Strong expertise in cloud data engineering (Azure preferred; AWS or Google Cloud Platform considered), with experience in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and data governance (cataloging, lineage, access control).
Proficiency in Python and SQL, with hands-on experience in designing batch and streaming data pipelines, analytical data modeling, and working within regulated or security-focused environments.
Must have at least 2 years of Terraform and IaC
Lakehouse
Required Qualifications
U.S. citizenship required.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance; active clearance preferred.
[8]+ years in data engineering / data platform engineering, with demonstrated principal-level ownership.
Has stood up a data platform or lakehouse from scratch - owning the architecture and build end to end, not operating an inherited one.
Design of batch (and, where needed, streaming) data pipelines and SQL-based transformations on a lakehouse/Delta foundation, with sound analytical data modeling.
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD for data workloads, including environment promotion from development to production.
Platform-level data governance: cataloging, lineage, and fine-grained access control.
Hands-on cloud experience with a major provider (Azure preferred; AWS or Google Cloud Platform considered).
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
Track record partnering across an infrastructure/security boundary and setting technical standards for other engineers.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Bachelor's in a technical field or equivalent experience.
Thanks and Regards,
Murali Sharma
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