Data Engineer

The Data Engineer will support NASA’s Front Door (NFD) program in Houston, Texas by contributing to enterprise data architecture, governance, quality, and integration for an external engagement platform. The role focuses on building and maintaining a data foundation for intake workflows, CRM operations, analytics readiness, and cross-agency interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Support NFD data architecture, governance, quality, and integration by designing and refining data models; maintaining metadata, vocabularies, and taxonomies; and documenting lineage, mappings, and lifecycle processes.
• Develop data quality rules and remediation guidance, and support integration analysis and source-to-target design activities.
• Prepare data for analytics and AI use cases and deliver clear documentation across all data domains.
• Design and refine logical and physical data models and associated schemas.
• Maintain metadata repositories, taxonomies, glossaries, and authoritative definitions.
• Develop and monitor data quality rules, metrics, and remediation plans.
• Document lineage, mappings, interfaces, retention, and lifecycle processes.
• Support integration requirements, exchange analysis, and source-to-target design decisions.
• Assist with analytics, dashboard and metrics development, and AI readiness activities.
• Produce architecture, governance, quality, integration, and analytics documentation as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or IT.
• Minimum of 5 years of recent and related work experience.
• Strong skills in data modeling, schema design, and metadata management.
• Experience with CRM or workflow systems, with Salesforce preferred.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical and data solutions.
• Experience supporting governance, stewardship, and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong documentation and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Experience preparing data for analytics or AI initiatives.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage parallel workstreams.

Technologies

• Salesforce
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• TEAMS
• PowerApps
• Power BI
• APIs

Desired

• 8+ years in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data management.
• Experience in NASA, Federal environments, or enterprise governance frameworks.
• Salesforce data architecture, metadata tools, or object modeling experience.
• Knowledge of APIs, integration patterns, lifecycle management, and MDM.
• Experience with dashboards, metrics, or analytics-ready data models.
• Experience supporting AI/ML data preparation.
• Familiarity with data cataloging and metadata tools.
• Experience with PowerApps and Power BI.

Work Location and Schedule

This position is onsite in Houston, TX and offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off. Some travel may be required. Schedules are subject to change based on position requirements and/or customer needs.

Background Investigations Required

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a national agency check. Some positions require clearance and will require an extensive background verification and check process.

Drug and Alcohol Screening Required

All Bastion employees must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen and participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings.

Standard Bastion Requirements

• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
• Team-oriented, strong work ethic, and culture-oriented approach.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers (verbal and written).
• Ability to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
• Strong organization and time management, including ability to work outside normal schedule and adjust to meet peak periods and surge requirements.
• Generally office environment, with potential inside or outside work depending on tasks.
• Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, and vision coverage
• AD&D, disability benefits, and life insurance
• Retirement 401k
• Vacation, sick pay, and holidays
• Flexible work schedules (when available)
• Professional training and development
• Career advancement