Staff Engineer Data

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and secure technological solutions to enable strategic objectives. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we will support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you will have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career. Mission Systems CIDO is seeking a Data Architect to lead the development and governance of the sector’s data strategy. This role will define authoritative data models, standards, and integration frameworks across manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, and program domains—ensuring that sector data is consistent, reusable, and aligned with enterprise platforms and tools. The Data Architect will partner closely with functional stakeholders and CIDO technical leadership to design scalable, governed data solutions that reduce fragmentation, improve interoperability, and enable mission‑critical analytics and AI capabilities. A hybrid work schedule may be considered for this position; please note that the selected candidate will be required to work on-site 3 days per week at our Linthicum, MD campus. The Data Architect will lead the architecture and development of the Mission Systems (MS) sector data strategy across functions and programs, aligned to enterprise data strategy and enterprise tools. The role establishes repeatable, scalable frameworks, policies, and data standards; designs authoritative data models and contracts; and ensures reliable, governed data flows that ground AI and analytics. Working closely with the CIDO Systems Architect and AI Architect, the Data Architect meets with customers to determine the best course of action and delivers sector‑wide solutions that are reproducible and scalable.

Define and maintain the MS sector data strategy and reference architecture, aligning with enterprise standards and tools (e.g., canonical ontologies, ERP/SAP integration, M365, Palantir Foundry). Establish repeatable, scalable frameworks for data ingestion, normalization, enrichment, and publication; create reusable patterns and data contracts (APIs, schemas). Design governed data models for key domains (manufacturing, quality/QN, supply chain, engineering) and prevent shadow ontologies by grounding models in the authoritative enterprise ontology. Lead data quality management (DQ rules, profiling, remediation), metadata/catalog adoption, lineage mapping, and auditability; define policies for citation and source traceability in AI use. Architect secure data pipelines and storage across sovereign, classified, and disconnected environments; implement observability,