Data Engineering Product Architect

About this role

Job Title: Data Engineering Product ArchitectJob Category: EngineeringTime Type: Full timeMinimum Clearance Required to Start: Public TrustEmployee Type: RegularPercentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%Type of Travel: Continental US* * *The Opportunity:
The Opportunity: CACI’s growing Agile Digital Solutions Operating Group is searching for a Data Engineering Product Architect supporting the modernization and transformation of a large portfolio of enterprise business solutions used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The candidate will be part of a team where complex problem solving, and communication skills are critical to success.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, build, optimization, and maintenance of scalable ETL pipelines

• Guide the development of normalization and transformation frameworks to standardize disparate datasets for analytics, cybersecurity, and mission operations.

• Champion the development of high‑quality, modern, and fully reproducible code using established software engineering practices — including version control, modular design, automated testing, documentation, and CI/CD—to ensure reliability, reusability, and maintainability across data pipelines and Databricks workflows.

• Mentor and coach team on software engineering design principles to help improve code quality and design by team members over time

• Develop solutions within a secure cloud-based architecture leveraging Databricks Lakehouse features (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Auto Loader, cluster configuration).

• Manage environment setup, version control, deployment, and CI/CD processes for data pipelines and Databricks apps.

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Develop and maintain integrations between Databricks and enterprise systems through APIs, S3 ingestion endpoints and database connectors.

Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, cybersecurity, and product teams to design and implement features that improve data ingestion, metadata management, automation workflows, and platform usability

• Document technical requirements, user stories, and workflow specifications for data integrations and interface development.

• Help scrum master and teammates estimate, sequence, and prioritize work to ensure efficient delivery of prioritized development capabilities

Qualifications:
Required:

• Lead the design, build, optimization, and maintenance of scalable ETL pipelines

• Guide the development of normalization and transformation frameworks to standardize disparate datasets for analytics, cybersecurity, and mission operations.

• Champion the development of high‑quality, modern, and fully reproducible code using established software engineering practices — including version control, modular design, automated testing, documentation, and CI/CD—to ensure reliability, reusability, and maintainability across data pipelines and Databricks workflows.

• Mentor and coach team on software engineering design principles to help improve code quality and design by team members over time

• Develop solutions within a secure cloud-based architecture leveraging Databricks Lakehouse features (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, Auto Loader, cluster configuration).

• Manage environment setup, version control, deployment, and CI/CD processes for data pipelines and Databricks apps.

• Develop and maintain integrations between Databricks and enterprise systems through APIs, S3 ingestion endpoints and database connectors.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering, cybersecurity, and product teams to design and implement features that improve data ingestion, metadata management, automation workflows, and platform usability

• Document technical requirements, user stories, and workflow specifications for data integrations and interface development.

• Help scrum master and teammates estimate, sequence, and prioritize work to ensure efficient delivery of prioritized development capabilities.

Qualifications:
Required:

• Experience building scalable data-driven services, data ingestion pipelines, and automation workflows, contributing to high‑reliability cloud solutions at an enterprise scale

• Experience working on complicated problems and providing solutions that are creative, yet practical and feasible

• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills in dynamic, remote environments

• Ability to empathetically work with platform customers (software or data engineering teams) to triage and resolve issues, enable self-service, and introduce improvements based on feedback

• Ability to collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, platform engineers, cybersecurity, and product stakeholders to support data platform requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree

• Demonstrated experience working with agile project management tools

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a NASA Public Trust background investigation

Desired:

• Experience supporting the NASA Web Services Operational Environment

• Experience working with industry-standard Enterprise Data Platform applications, such as Databricks, Apache Airflow, or similar technologies

• Displays tenacity in the face of hard problems and ambiguous requirements

• Interest in driving innovation through independent contributions and strategic guidance of a team of software engineers and data scientists.

• Experience supporting Federal government project

• Ability to design and document technical solutions related to continuous integration and continuous deployment

-What You Can Expect:

A culture of integrity.
At CACI, we place character and innovation at the center of everything we do. As a valued team member, you’ll be part of a high-performing group dedicated to our customer’s missions and driven by a higher purpose – to ensure the safety of our nation.
An environment of trust.
CACI values the unique contributions that every employee brings to our…