Senior Data Engineer

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth mode,  fueled by a recent $190m series C round. 

What You’ll Do

Blackpoint Cyber is a provider of leading-edge cybersecurity threat hunting, detection, and response technology. Blackpoint was founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts that applied their expertise to bring nation/state grade technologies to commercial customers around the world.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer who will operate in a Technical Lead role for our A.I. business unit. Candidates will directly support Blackpoint’s cyber security mission, helping to stop cyber-attacks, and protecting Blackpoint’s rapidly growing customer base.

Summary:

As Data Engineer, you will be responsible for building out Blackpoint Cyber’s data engineering processes and infrastructure to support development of our A.I. products and features. You will report directly to the Head of Artificial Intelligence.

Who You Are:

Blackpoint Cyber is looking for someone who has:

• 5+ years of experience in hands-on Data Engineering, with a track record of supporMng delivery of A.I. products and services into producMon.

• Experience building in the well-architected mindset—for efficiency, performance, security, and reliability.

• Strong analyMcal and problem-solving abiliMes, with a focus on data-driven decision-making.

• Excellent communicaMon and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

  What You’ll Bring:

Experienced in:

• Cloud infrastructure & operaMons (AWS)

• Data streaming & Event-driven processing (KaXa, Spark)

• Big data ETL (Spark, EMR)

• ScripMng Language (Python, Bash)

• Query Language (SQL, Ksql)

• Containerized Services (Docker, Kubernetes)

• GitFlow & DevOps best pracMces

• Workflow automaMon & systems administraMon

• DataOps (data versioning, lifecycle management)

  Nice to Have:

• Programming (Scala, Java)

• Familiary with DB administraMon

• Familiarity with MLOps workflows

• Familiarity with Agile Scrum

• Experience in Cybersecurity, IoT, or NLP fields

  How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Build, opMmize, and maintain data pipelines to power A.I., Machine Learning, and Data Science workflows and deployments.

• Define and implement streamed and event-based ETL processes to enable hi-velocity ingesMon, transformaMon, and predicMon model serving at scale.

• Define and implement data models and schemas, supporMng the requirements of A.I. product and feature development.

• Contribute to architecture and design decisions according to data engineering best pracMces.

• Configure, operate, and monitor the storage and processing technologies powering A.I. data

  pipelines.

• Build tools and define metrics and procedures for performance tesMng and maintaining

  operaMonal oversight.

• Implement data lifecycle best pracMces—for data versioning, parMMoning and indexing, & backup

  and archival, funcMoning as system owner and data custodian of the operated infrastructure.

• Collaborate closely with cross-funcMonal teams, including Engineering, Blackpoint Cyber’s

  Security OperaMons Center (SOC), and our Adversary Pursuit Group (APG).

Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races,  colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital  status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all  aspects of employment.  For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.