Senior Data Engineer

A senior data engineering role supporting U.S. Air Force Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) programs that improve aircraft sustainment and logistics forecasting. The position sits on cross-functional Agile teams delivering predictive maintenance models and decision-support tools in a fast-moving defense analytics environment.

• Drive CBM+ data initiatives from inception through deployment, aligning with mission and program objectives.
• Build, sustain, and optimize end-to-end ETL pipelines and data collection workflows.
• Perform exploratory data analysis, statistical analysis, and visualization to surface trends that shape product decisions.
• Develop and maintain knowledge graph capabilities to enrich aircraft and maintenance data.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate trained models into production applications and APIs.
• Monitor data quality and model performance, detecting and mitigating drift or degradation.

• Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years applying Natural Language Processing, including data labeling and entity or keyword extraction.
• Proficiency with Databricks, PySpark, SQL, data governance frameworks, and technical documentation standards.
• Strong statistical foundations for predictive modeling and data assessment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to brief non-technical and executive audiences, plus experience with Jira, Confluence, Lucidchart, Microsoft Office, and visualization tools such as Qlik Sense or Streamlit.

• Master's degree in Data Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related STEM field.
• Advanced AI/ML expertise applied to predictive maintenance and defense logistics.
• Experience building sensor-based failure prediction models and equipment health indicators.
• Monte Carlo simulation and statistical confidence interval work.
• End-to-end pipeline engineering with customer-facing UI/UX integration.

• Anticipated base salary range of $190,000 to $210,000, with eligibility for performance-based or other incentive compensation where applicable.
• Comprehensive benefits programs and eligibility for additional incentive plans.
• Minimal travel as needed to engage with government customers and stakeholders.