AI/ML Data Engineer

FOTOMILL STUDIOS LIMITED; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies seeks an AI/ML Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and analytics platforms. The role is onsite at Tampa, Florida (Downtown) or Joint Base Andrews, with collaboration across analysts, data scientists, and product teams.

Responsibilities include data modeling, governance, and cloud deployment on Azure/AWS/GCP, following Agile processes. Requires 10+ years of experience and TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Data engineering experience with ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience designing data models and warehousing.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Security clearance TS/SCI required.
• MS/MA degree or equivalent and 10+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and analytics platforms.
• Assist in designing data models, schemas, and metadata.
• Ensure data quality, profiling, and governance.
• Work with cloud platforms to deploy data assets.
• Collaborate with analysts, data scientists, and product teams in Agile ceremonies.

Skills

Data pipeline development

Data modeling

Data governance

Cloud platforms

Agile collaboration

Education

MS/MA degree or equivalent

TS/SCI clearance

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Altamira Technologies has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities worldwide by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies.

Position

AI/ML Data Engineer

Position Location

Tampa, Florida (Downtown) or Joint Base Andrews

Position Description

Data Engineer supports the design, development, and maintenance of data pipelines, data models, and analytics platforms.

This position is at the customer site in either Tampa Florida or Joint Base Andrews.

Required Experience

• Data Pipeline Development: Build, test, and maintain scalable data ingestion and transformation pipelines. Support ETL/ELT activities to move data from source systems to analytics environments. Ensure data workflows are reliable, monitored, and well‑documented.
• Data Modeling & Warehousing: Assist in designing and maintaining structured datasets for analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases.
• Help define data models, schemas, and metadata within governed data environments.
• Data Quality & Governance: Perform routine data validation, profiling, and quality checks. Collaborate with senior engineers to implement data governance and security best practices. Contribute to documentation of data flows, lineage, and standards.
• Cloud & Platform Support: Work with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP depending on project) to deploy data assets. Support configuration, optimization, and maintenance of compute and storage resources.
• Collaboration & Delivery: Partner with analysts, data scientists, and product teams to understand data requirements. Participate in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews. Drive continuous learning and contribute to improving engineering processes.

Education

• 10 years of experience with MS/MA degree or equivalent experience
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI

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