Job Summary:
Galaxia Technologies Inc. is a company that blends technical expertise with agile thinking to deliver impactful solutions in national defense. They are seeking a Principal Data Engineer to design and maintain mission data pipelines that support the Department of the Air Force, focusing on secure and automated data flows for mission systems.
Responsibilities:
• Analyze mission workflows and DIFC2 system architectures to identify critical mission data artifacts.
• Define the structure, semantics, and lifecycle of DIFC2 mission data products.
• Ensure data standards support interoperability, traceability, and reuse across mission components.
• Serve as the technical liaison defining data exchange interfaces between DIFC2 and external mission systems.
• Collaborate with mission partners to define schema, formats, data transports, and integration expectations.
• Document interface specifications to ensure sustained system interoperability and mission assurance.
• Support the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process by defining secure technical data exchanges.
• Contribute to compliance documentation including data message definitions, PPSM (Ports, Protocols, and Services Management) entries, and topology diagrams.
• Work with cybersecurity teams to ensure data pipelines meet DoD security and RMF requirements.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable ETL and data transformation pipelines for ingesting, persisting, and distributing mission-relevant data.
• Use low-code/no-code orchestration technologies (e.g., Apache NiFi, Apache Airflow) and custom tools to deliver automated solutions.
• Develop and maintain transformation logic in Python, leveraging libraries such as Pandas and NumPy as needed.
• Implement API endpoints and service interfaces (REST or platform-native) for downstream mission use.
• Ensure validation, normalization, and transformation processes maintain data accuracy and integrity.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting mechanisms to maintain pipeline reliability and performance at scale.
• Deliver fully operational pipelines enabling automated ingestion and dissemination of DIFC2 mission data.
• Develop technical documentation detailing purpose, source systems, transformation logic, and access methods.
• Produce RMF artifacts and interface documentation supporting ongoing accreditation and audit readiness.
• Continuously refine data pipeline performance to meet evolving mission needs and operational tempo.
Qualifications:
Required:
• 9+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field; or 7+ years with a master’s degree, or 4+ years with a Ph.D. in a related discipline.
• 7+ years in software engineering, system integration, or data platform development in DoD, IC, or complex mission environments.
• Expertise in designing and implementing data pipelines, ETL workflows, and integration architectures.
• Experience working with structured and semi-structured data (JSON, XML, CSV, etc.).
• Active Top Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain and maintain SCI/SAP access and consent to a polygraph.
Preferred:
• Experience with Apache NiFi, Apache Airflow, or other orchestration ETL tools.
• Python proficiency, including data transformation and analytics libraries.
• Palantir Foundry Data Engineering experience (Pipeline Builder, AIP Logic, etc.).
• Experience fusing large-scale, multi-source datasets into operational pipelines.
• Familiarity with DoD mission data architectures and interoperability frameworks.
• Exceptional communication skills translating complex technical details into operational context for government and mission partners.
Company:
Founded in , the company is headquartered in Los Angeles, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.