Data Platform Architect at expression-networks

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Falls Church, Virginia
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Aug 18, 2026

Description

Expression is looking for an experienced Data Platform Architect to provide architectural guidance, technical standards, and operational support for teams delivering secure, scalable data, analytics, and AI/ML solutions in mission environments. The architect will work across various teams to guide implementation in Databricks and Palantir Foundry, ensuring consistent, reusable, governed, and production-ready solutions.

Required Skills

Python
SQL
PySpark
Spark SQL
Delta Lake
Workflows
MLflow
Unity Catalog
CI/CD
version control
testing
deployment
monitoring
operational support
data quality
metadata management
lineage
access control
governance

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 5+ years of technical experience
3+ years designing or implementing production solutions on Databricks, Palantir Foundry, or similar modern data platforms.
Preferred Qualifications: Deep Databricks expertise, including medallion architecture, Delta optimization, workload tuning, cluster and job strategy, and production ML enablement.
Experience implementing solutions in Palantir Foundry, including data-pipeline organization, governed data assets, operational workflows, and integrations.
Experience with Git-based CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure and deployment tooling, and cloud-native platform services.
Experience supporting the ML lifecycle, including model packaging, registration, deployment, monitoring, and inference-workflow integration.
Knowledge of enterprise data integration, API-based data exchange, and secure cross-platform interoperability.
Experience with Advana/MAVEN Smart System (Palantir Foundry) or similar DoD enterprise analytics environments.
Prior experience supporting Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, or other Federal mission environments.