Job Details

Data Engineer

Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems' C4ISR team is looking for a proven and experienced Data Engineer to support a one-of-a-kind project Cross Business Area campaign that exemplifies our commitment to our OneLM Strategy.

The Data Engineer will design, build, and operate the data pipelines that ingest, transform, catalog, and serve Lockheed Martin and third-party data to AI/ML, Unified HMI, and command-and-control (C2) applications. This role works closely with the AWS Infrastructure Architect, AI/ML Engineers, Software Factory, MBSE team (Cameo DOORS NEXT), and the Advisory Board to ensure data quality, security, and performance across the end-to-end mission workflow (Detection Prediction Response Recovery).

Design the AWS Data Lake to store raw, curated, and analytics-ready data. Define data-zone concepts (raw, landing, trusted, analytics) and enforce lifecycle policies (retention, archival, deletion). Build high-throughput ingestion pipelines and implement schema-on-write and schema-on-read strategies. Data transformation, catalog & metadata management, and security & governance.

Joining our team offers you the opportunity to support a company and a team where your contributions are valued and you can develop your skills and expertise. Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life both in and outside of work, along with competitive pay, and comprehensive benefits.

Basic Qualifications: 3+ years professional data-engineering experience; ?1 years designing and operating AWS-native data lakes for mission-critical or high-volume workloads. B.S. Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field (M.S. preferred). Extensive AWS knowledge, AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty and Solutions Architect preferred Proven experience in SAFe/Agile environments, working with cross-functional teams (AI/ML, UX, Systems Engineering).

Desired Skills: Deep knowledge of S3, Glue, Lake Formation, Kinesis, MSK, Redshift, Athena, QuickSight, Lambda, Step Functions, IAM, KMS Hands-on with AWS Glue, Spark, DBT, Airflow (or Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow). Proficient in Python (PySpark, Boto3), Scala, SQL, and Shell/Bash. Experience integrating MBSE data from Cameo DOORS NEXT into data-lake pipelines. Knowledge of AI/ML data pipelines (SageMaker Feature Store, model-artifact versioning).

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: Secret

The annual base salary range for this position in most major metropolitan areas in California, Massachusetts, and New York is $107,300 - $185,840. For states not referenced above, the salary range for this position will reflect the candidate's final work location. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills as well as market and business considerations when extending an offer. Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. This position is incentive plan eligible.