Data Engineer

Bastion Technologies is seeking a Data Engineer to support NASA’s Front Door (NFD) program in Houston, Texas. In this onsite role, you will help shape enterprise data architecture and governance for an external engagement platform, strengthening the data foundation behind intake workflows, CRM operations, analytics readiness, and cross-agency interoperability.

Working as part of the NFD team, you will contribute to how data is modeled, defined, governed, and integrated, with an emphasis on documentation and data quality. This position also supports preparation of data for analytics and AI use cases.

Responsibilities

• Support NFD’s data architecture, governance, quality, and integration by designing and refining data models, maintaining metadata, and developing/maintaining vocabularies and taxonomies.
• Document lineage, mappings, and lifecycle processes across data domains, including remediation guidance and data quality rule development.
• Develop data quality rules, metrics, and remediation plans to improve reliability and usability.
• Support integration analysis and source-to-target designs, including interface and exchange considerations.
• Prepare data for analytics and AI readiness, including supporting efforts related to dashboards, metrics development, and AI-supporting data preparation.
• Design and refine logical and physical data models and associated schemas.
• Maintain metadata repositories, taxonomies, glossaries, and authoritative definitions.
• Produce and deliver documentation covering architecture, governance, quality, integration, and analytics.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Permanent Resident status due to the sensitivity of customer related information.
• Experience in the space industry or Department of Defense/Department of War.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or IT.
• Minimum 5 years of recent and related work experience.
• Strong skills in data modeling, schema design, and metadata management.
• Experience with CRM/workflow systems, with Salesforce preferred.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical and data solutions.
• Experience supporting governance, stewardship, and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong documentation and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Experience preparing data for analytics or AI initiatives.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage parallel workstreams.

Technologies

• Salesforce
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TEAMS
• PowerApps
• Power BI
• APIs

Work Location and Schedule

• Houston, TX (onsite)
• Onsite role offers a 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off
• Some travel may be required
• Schedules are subject to change based on position and/or customer needs

Background Checks and Screening

• All Bastion employees must pass a national agency check; some positions require clearance and an extensive background verification/check process.
• All employees must pass a pre-employment drug screen and participate in periodic random drug and alcohol screenings.

Additional Standard Requirements

• Must have experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS.
• Must be a team player with strong work ethics and be culture oriented.
• Must communicate effectively with internal and external customers, verbally and in writing.
• Must be able to follow company programs, processes, procedures, practices, requirements, goals, and objectives.
• Must be organized with good time management skills and able to work outside normal schedule as needed for peak periods and surge requirements.
• Generally an office environment, with potential inside or outside work depending on task.
• Regular attendance in accordance with an established work schedule is critical.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision
• AD&D, disability benefits, life insurance
• Retirement 401k
• Vacation, sick pay, holidays
• Flexible work schedules (when available)
• Professional training and development
• Career advancement

Desired (Not Required)

• 8+ years in data engineering, data architecture, or enterprise data management
• Experience in NASA, Federal environments, or enterprise governance frameworks
• Salesforce data architecture, metadata tools, or object modeling
• Knowledge of APIs, integration patterns, lifecycle management, and MDM
• Experience with dashboards, metrics, or analytics-ready data models
• Experience supporting AI/ML data preparation
• Familiarity with data cataloging and metadata tools
• Experience with PowerApps/Power BI