Data Platform Engineer (Starburst/Trino) - (Remote)

Stage 4 Solutions is seeking a Data Platform Engineer (Starburst/Trino) for a global aerospace company. The role involves designing, building, and securing a distributed data platform to enable scalable and high-performance data access across multiple enterprise data sources.

Responsibilities:

• Looking for a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our PPM Unified Data Exchange (UDE) and Starburst team. This role will focus on building, securing, and scaling a data platform that enables performant, governed and secure access to data across multiple domains and sources
• This is a hands-on role requiring strong technical depth in distributed data systems, cloud infrastructure and security by design, with the ability to collaborate closely with product team and consumers
• Design, build and maintain a data platform using Starburst/Trino as a core query engine
• Enable secure, performant data access across multiple data sources (object storage, relational databases, streaming systems, etc.)
• Implement and manage infrastructure as code for data and platform services
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipeline for data platform and deployments
• Apply DevSecOps best practices
• Optimize query performance, cost, reliability across distributed environments
• Partner with governance, security and product teams to ensure compliance and data trust
• Support and evolve UDE that enables self-service and data analytics

Requirements:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• 8 + years of experience in Data Engineering and/or DevSecOps
• Strong experience with Starburst Enterprise/Trino/Presto
• Strong experience with advanced Linux scripting and proficiency in a language. Preferred Redhat 8 Administration and Ansible
• Experience with Iceberg, Hive, or similar table formats
• Solid understanding of distributed query engines and data architectures
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, etc)
• Hands on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform or similar IaC tools
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, or similar)
• Experience implementing data security, access controls and governance at scale
• Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
• Bachelor's degree