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This work is 100% remote.\nThis role builds and extends a greenfield data and AI platform supporting federal background investigation work. Working alongside the platform's lead engineer, you'll develop and maintain the pipelines, transformations, and data products that move the platform forward - growing your ownership as the platform matures. This is hands-on engineering in a high-trust environment where FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI handling shape how the work is built.\nActive clearance preferred; candidates able to obtain one encouraged to apply.\nBuild, test, and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline code that turns raw and synthetic data into governed, analysis-ready data products.\nExtend the platform following the architecture, patterns, and standards set by the lead platform engineer.\nContribute to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines that promote work into the accredited production environment.\nMonitor data quality, pipeline reliability, and performance; troubleshoot and resolve issues.\nApply data governance, cataloging, and access-control practices within the established framework.\nSupport the data science and ML team by delivering the governed datasets and tooling they need.\nOperate within FedRAMP Moderate, NIST 800-171, and CUI constraints in day-to-day engineering.\nCollaborate closely with the engineering team and maintain clear documentation of pipelines and processes.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications\nU.S. Citizenship required.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a T5/SSBI federally adjudicated clearance; active clearance preferred.\n4 years building and maintaining production data pipelines.\nStrong proficiency in Python and SQL.\nHands-on ETL / data pipeline development and sound analytical data modeling.\nWorking familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP fine) and version control / CI/CD workflows.\nSolid analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.\n5 years work experience with BS/BA\nPreferred Qualifications\nDatabricks experience (or a comparable lakehouse stack: Spark, Delta, dbt, Snowflake).\nExposure to infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD for data workloads.\nExperience in regulated or accredited environments: FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, CMMC, or CUI handling.\nActive security clearance (T5/SSBI or higher).\nGovernment or defense contracting experience.\nFamiliarity with data governance / cataloging tooling (e.g., Unity\nCatalog) and orchestration tools (Airflow, dbt).\nSoft Skills\nDependable, self-directed execution with minimal oversight.\nStrong collaboration across technical and non-technical teams.\nClear documentation and knowledge-sharing.\nEagerness to grow ownership and learn the compliance environment.\nPeraton Overview\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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\nTarget Salary Range\n$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.EEO\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4296,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["National Security","Homeland Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T01:56:13Z"}],"liveness":{"score":70,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.781,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":3,"reasons":["conf:18","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":179000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-senior-data-platform-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/peraton-senior-data-platform-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-02T03:02:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4150,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":850,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-03T00:00:00Z"}}}