Staff Data Engineer

Awetomaton Ltd is a defense software company specializing in satellite collection and enabling informed decisions from raw intelligence data. The Staff Data Engineer will build and maintain ingestion, curation, and metadata-enrichment pipelines while designing and operating scalable data systems for enterprise data catalogs, search, and downstream mission use.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain the ingestion, curation, and metadata-enrichment pipelines that power enterprise data catalog and discovery services
• Design and operate scalable data systems that transform raw and source data into reliable, well-structured datasets for catalog, search, and downstream mission use
• Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form with peers & decision makers
• Demonstrate initiative when faced with limited guidance or ambiguous requirements

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will possess a BS degree or higher and have 5+ years of experience
• DoD Top Secret clearance is required
• We are looking for a candidate to start in the August 2026 timeframe
• This position can be performed nationwide but we strongly prefer personnel local to Dayton, OH or St Louis, MO
• • Communicate effectively in both written and verbal form with peers & decision makers
• • Demonstrate initiative when faced with limited guidance or ambiguous requirements
• • Strong understanding of cloud data pipelines, data warehousing solutions, and ETL/ELT orchestration tools
• • Proficient in defining data standards, data frameworks, and ensuring data quality
• • Master of Science in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• • Familiarity with data management/governance platforms
• • Cloud & platform certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Data Analytics, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, etc.)
• • Background in working with federal government, Department of Defense, and/or the Intelligence Community