Senior Data Solution Engineer

DHS Suitability Required

About Aretum

Aretumis a mission-driven organization committed to delivering innovative technology-enabled solutions to our customers across defense civilian and homeland security sectors. Our teams work at the intersection of strategy technology and transformation helping agencies solve their most critical challenges. We believe in investing in our people and creating a culture where collaboration inclusion and professional growth are at the forefront.

Job Summary

Aretum is seeking a Senior Data Solution Engineer that will focus on designing data governance tagging and metadata standards and working with medallion architecture. The Senior Data Solution Engineer will support consequential design decisions and assist with determining whether solutions scale or accumulate technical debt.

Due to the nature of our work as a federal consulting organization employees may be expected to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and must adhere to applicable safeguarding and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement data management and governance solutions within Databricks and Unity Catalog ensuring data sets are properly classified documented secured and managed throughout their life cycle.
• Support data architecture and design decisions by evaluating solution scalability maintainability and performance.
• Develop and implement data governance tagging meta standards and classification frameworks to support data discovery traceability compliance and consistent governance practices.
• Define and enforce governance requirements across Bronze Silver and Gold layers of the medallion architecture ensuring metadata data sensitivity classifications and access controls evolve appropriately as data is transformed and refined.
• Implement and maintain column level masking row level security and dynamic access controls to protect sensitive data while enabling authorized access for appropriate users and business purposes.
• Develop and optimize data pipelines using SQL and Spark ensuring reliable scalable and efficient data processing in production environments.
• Collaborate with technical terms data owners security stakeholders and business partners to reconcile competing requirements and translate them into practical data solutions.

• BS/BA degree and 6 years of direct production experience on Databricks and Unity Catalog or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing data governance tagging and metadata standards.
• Deep understanding of the medallion architecture and how metadata sensitivity and access requirements evolve across Bronze Silver and Gold.
• Experience implementing column masking row-level security and dynamic access controls.
• Ability to reconcile competing requirements across stakeholders.
• Strong SQL and Spark proficiency in defining pipeline configuration and data contracts declaratively (e.g. YAML) as version-controlled enforceable artifacts.
  

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to cybersecurity challenges OCSF and threat intelligence

Travel Requirements

This is a remote position; however occasional travel may berequiredbased on project needs client meetings team collaboration events or training is expected to be less than 10% and will be communicated in advance whenever possible.

EEO Statement

Aretumis committed to fostering a workplace rooted in excellence integrity and equal opportunity for all. We adhere to merit-based hiring practices ensuring that all employment decisions are made based on qualifications skills and ability to perform the job without preference or consideration of factors unrelated to job performance.

As an Equal Opportunity EmployerAretumcomplies withall applicable federal state and local employment laws.

We are proud to support our nations veterans and military familiesprovidingcareer opportunities that honor their service and experience.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process due to a disability please contactforassistance.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

U.S. Work Authorization

Due to federal contract requirements only U.S. citizens are eligible for this position. This position supports a federal government contract and requires the ability to obtain andmaintaina Public Trust or Suitability Determination depending on the agencys background investigation requirements.

• Salary Range: $115000$145000 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including education experience qualifications skills and applicable contract requirements.
• Health Care Plan (Medical Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off
• Family Leave (Maternity Paternity)
• Short Term & Long-Term Disability
• Training & Development

Required Experience:

Senior IC