{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"df3c32a2bcf8db343d3a0831","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/df3c32a2bcf8db343d3a0831","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/df3c32a2bcf8db343d3a0831","title":"Senior Data Engineer – Databricks, Security & Governance","description":"About Peraton\n\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\n\nProgram Overview\nThe program is an IDIQ contract for an AWS-based cloud hosting system. Currently, Peraton is supporting the Cloud Security, IoT, and AIML use cases for the environment in a hybrid work environment with Federal employees. Peraton also support the following applications as part of the environment: Dremio, Tableau, Globus, Posit/RStudio, Atlassian, ThingLogix, Alteryx and CloudCheckr.\nAbout The Role\n\nPeraton's Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have identified a critical gap in the federal government's ability to conduct comprehensive Endangered Species Act (ESA) research. While FWS operates an authoritative web-based platform for managing data for terrestrial and freshwater species, it does not currently include NMFS marine and anadromous species data forcing agencies to rely on separate, manual processes. This program closes that gap by integrating marine and anadromous species data into the existing FWS platform, creating a single, unified experience for all ESA-listed species.\n\nPeraton is seeking a Database Engineer SME with expertise in cloud data platforms and federal data governance to lead the database design, security implementation, and production migration for a federal data integration program. You will serve as the database authority for the project, ensuring all data is handled in compliance with federal security and governance standards within a hybrid AWS cloud environment.\n\nWork Location: Remote\n\nRoles and Responsibilities\n\nLead the design and implementation of the harmonized data schema for federal species data within a cloud data lakehouse, reconciling structural and semantic differences across multiple source systems\nProduce the field-level source-to-target mapping document, documenting transformation logic, data type conversions, null handling, and data lineage\nDefine and enforce metadata standards across all ingested datasets, ensuring consistency, traceability, and regulatory compliance\nDesign and implement automated data quality validation frameworks within ETL pipelines\nDesign and build the Metadata and Authoritative Source Registry, cataloging all data sources, ingestion pathways, update frequencies, and data stewardship contacts\nImplement FIPS 140-compliant encryption and enforce NIST SP 800-171/800-172 database security controls and role-based access controls\nEnsure Federal CUI Registry and data governance standards are applied to all data stored and processed within the platform\nLead database performance monitoring and optimization within the cloud data platform\nContribute to the Data Model Harmonization Report, providing database-layer schema design decisions, field-level mapping documentation, and metadata standard definitions for government review\nLead the development of the production migration runbook database components and execute database migration tasks during production cutover\nContribute to the Production Deployment Report, documenting database migration outcomes, post-deployment data validation results, and production monitoring findings\nLead the Final Operational Playbooks database documentation\nQualifications\n\nBasic Qualifications\n\nBachelors degree and 12 years professional experience or a Masters degree and 10 years professional experience or an Associates degree and 14 years professional experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and 16 years’ professional experience.\nU.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance\nExtensive years of database engineering experience with expertise in cloud data platforms\nHands-on experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, or equivalent cloud data lakehouse platforms\nProficiency in Python or Scala for ETL pipeline implementation, data quality framework development, and database automation scripts\nKnowledge of FIPS 140, NIST SP 800-171/800-172, and federal CUI data governance standards\nExperience designing and implementing RBAC and data security controls in federal cloud environments\nExperience leading database migrations and production cutover activities on federal programs\nExperience with version-controlled code repositories and peer review enforcement\nExperience documenting post-deployment monitoring results and production validation outcomes\nStrong data modeling, schema design, and metadata management skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience with AWS GovCloud or equivalent FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments\nAWS Certified Database Specialty or AWS Certified Data Engineer certification\nExperience with Apache Spark for large-scale distributed data processing within Databricks environments\nFamiliarity with federal environmental or geospatial data systems\nDatabricks Certified Data Engineer or equivalent certification\nExperience with ETL pipeline data quality framework design\nActive Public Trust Clearance\nDetails\n\nTarget Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.\n\nBenefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\n\nApplication Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. 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You will serve as the database authority for the project, ensuring all data is handled in compliance with federal security and governance standards within a hybrid AWS cloud environment.\n\nWork Location: Remote\n\nRoles and Responsibilities\n\nLead the design and implementation of the harmonized data schema for federal species data within a cloud data lakehouse, reconciling structural and semantic differences across multiple source systems\nProduce the field-level source-to-target mapping document, documenting transformation logic, data type conversions, null handling, and data lineage\nDefine and enforce metadata standards across all ingested datasets, ensuring consistency, traceability, and regulatory compliance\nDesign and implement automated data quality validation frameworks within ETL pipelines\nDesign and build the Metadata and Authoritative Source Registry, cataloging all data sources, ingestion pathways, update frequencies, and data stewardship contacts\nImplement FIPS 140-compliant encryption and enforce NIST SP 800-171/800-172 database security controls and role-based access controls\nEnsure Federal CUI Registry and data governance standards are applied to all data stored and processed within the platform\nLead database performance monitoring and optimization within the cloud data platform\nContribute to the Data Model Harmonization Report, providing database-layer schema design decisions, field-level mapping documentation, and metadata standard definitions for government review\nLead the development of the production migration runbook database components and execute database migration tasks during production cutover\nContribute to the Production Deployment Report, documenting database migration outcomes, post-deployment data validation results, and production monitoring findings\nLead the Final Operational Playbooks database documentation\nQualifications\n\nBasic Qualifications\n\nBachelors degree and 12 years professional experience or a Masters degree and 10 years professional experience or an Associates degree and 14 years professional experience; or a high school diploma/equivalent and 16 years’ professional experience.\nU.S. Citizenship required; must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance\nExtensive years of database engineering experience with expertise in cloud data platforms\nHands-on experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, or equivalent cloud data lakehouse platforms\nProficiency in Python or Scala for ETL pipeline implementation, data quality framework development, and database automation scripts\nKnowledge of FIPS 140, NIST SP 800-171/800-172, and federal CUI data governance standards\nExperience designing and implementing RBAC and data security controls in federal cloud environments\nExperience leading database migrations and production cutover activities on federal programs\nExperience with version-controlled code repositories and peer review enforcement\nExperience documenting post-deployment monitoring results and production validation outcomes\nStrong data modeling, schema design, and metadata management skills\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\nExperience with AWS GovCloud or equivalent FedRAMP-authorized cloud environments\nAWS Certified Database Specialty or AWS Certified Data Engineer certification\nExperience with Apache Spark for large-scale distributed data processing within Databricks environments\nFamiliarity with federal environmental or geospatial data systems\nDatabricks Certified Data Engineer or equivalent certification\nExperience with ETL pipeline data quality framework design\nActive Public Trust Clearance\nDetails\n\nTarget Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. 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