Data Engineer, Mission Data Products

Build authoritative mission data products that support Army program operations while working onsite in Fort Bragg, NC. In this Staff Data Engineer role at LMI, you will help shape production-ready data pipelines, data models, and ontology within platforms such as Palantir Foundry or Maven, with hands-on support in a complex, mission-focused environment.

This position offers a salary range of USD 128,301 - 190,653 per year and is designed for a senior individual contributor who can drive architecture decisions and deliver maintainable systems end to end.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data products.
• Integrate and transform data from multiple Army and enterprise sources.
• Develop data models and ontology that enable applications, reporting, and analysis.
• Design for data quality, lineage, security, observability, and long-term maintainability.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, source control, deployment, and operations.
• Partner with software engineers, product designers, and customer stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Review technical designs, mentor engineers, and resolve complex data challenges.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience building production data systems.
• Strong proficiency with Python, SQL, and modern data-engineering patterns.
• Experience designing data pipelines and products on Palantir Foundry, Maven, Army Vantage, or a comparable enterprise data platform.
• Experience with data modeling, ontology, data quality, and lineage.
• Strong software-engineering fundamentals including testing, source control, CI/CD, and monitoring.
• Experience supporting a Department of Defense customer.
• Active Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting the U.S. Army.
• Direct experience with Palantir Foundry or Army Vantage.
• Experience with PySpark or other distributed data-processing technologies.
• Familiarity with Army acquisition or program management data.
• Experience with cloud platforms, DevSecOps, and infrastructure as code.

Technologies

• Python, SQL, Palantir Foundry, Maven, Army Vantage, CI/CD, PySpark

Location: Fort Bragg, NC (onsite)

Job discipline: Data Engineering