Staff Data Engineer

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 CA$131k - CA$164.3k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚰 Data Engineer

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Blackpoint Cyber

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51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🎖️ Defense

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 $190M Series C on 2023-06

Consulting • Defense • Cybersecurity

Blackpoint Cyber is a technology-focused cybersecurity company headquartered in Maryland, USA. Established by former US Department of Defense and Intelligence security experts, Blackpoint leverages its real-world cyber experience to help Managed Service Providers (MSPs) safeguard their infrastructure and operations. The company offers a proprietary cybersecurity ecosystem, including its SNAP-Defense platform for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services. Blackpoint's dedicated security analysts work 24/7 to combine various security measures, including network visualization and endpoint security, to monitor and respond to threats. Additionally, Blackpoint is launching LogIC, a logging and integrated compliance service designed to assist MSPs with cyber compliance requirements. The company's mission is to deliver comprehensive detection and response services to help MSPs combat the evolving threat landscape.

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture and development of Blackpoint Cyber's enterprise data platform • Operate as a technical lead for the Data Platform Team • Drive foundational work across ingestion, storage, transformation, governance, observability, and cost optimization • Lead architectural decisions across ingestion, modeling, storage, and orchestration • Design and maintain pipelines for onboarding survey data, MDR events and alerts, and Agent Business Intelligence data • Implement and own the Medallion Architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) • Build a scalable Gold BI layer supporting analytics, reporting, and AI • Deliver multi-cloud integrations with Azure, AWS, and GCP • Implement identity integrations with Auth0 and Okta • Strengthen observability across pipelines, storage layers, and workflows with metrics, lineage, SLAs/SLOs, and alerting • Implement data lifecycle practices for retention, versioning, partitioning, GDPR compliance, backup, and archival • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, AI, and Security teams to ensure data availability, quality, and reliability • Mentor Senior Data Engineers and provide technical leadership for the Data Platform roadmap • Report directly to the Head of Data Platform • Support Blackpoint Cyber's cybersecurity mission and protect its growing customer base

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of hands-on Data Engineering experience with distributed systems and modern data architecture • Proven experience driving complex data initiatives and mentoring senior engineers • Ability to architect for scalability, resiliency, performance, security, and cost efficiency • Data-first, analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills • Excellent communication and influence skills across engineering and leadership • AWS required; Azure/GCP helpful • Experience with Kafka and Spark Structured Streaming • Experience with Spark, EMR, and Kubernetes-based compute • Python for data pipelines, ETL, and orchestration • SQL and data modeling • Iceberg and Parquet • Docker and Kubernetes • CI/CD, GitFlow, and DevOps best practices • Data versioning, lifecycle management, quality checks, and governance • TypeScript preferred • Go (Golang) is a strong plus • Experience with Trino/Presto, graph engines, or search systems is nice to have • Experience with BI semantic layers or medallion architectures is nice to have • Background in cybersecurity, SIEM, or event-driven systems is nice to have • Familiarity with Agile Scrum is nice to have • Must be authorized to work in Canada without restriction • Must not require sponsorship to work within Canada

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity participation available to employees globally, with program details varying by location and employment structure • For eligible employees in the US: Health Insurance • For eligible employees in the US: Vision Insurance • For eligible employees in the US: Dental Insurance • For eligible employees in the US: Life Insurance • For eligible employees in the US: 401k plan • For eligible employees in the US: Discretionary Time Off • Other minor perks • International employees receive competitive benefits in accordance with local market standards and applicable country requirements • Discretionary bonus may be awarded