Data Engineer for DoD: AI Pipelines & ML (Top Secret)

Agile Defense, Inc.; Illinois; On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Learning & Development

Job summary

Agile Defense, Inc. is hiring a Data Engineer to support the design, development, and deployment of scalable, AI-enabled data solutions for the DoD. The role emphasizes building data pipelines and ML services within secure, containerized environments at a SCIF location.

The candidate should be proficient in Python, SQL, Spark, and Palantir Foundry, with a Top Secret clearance to start. Collaboration with product managers and engineers is central to delivering actionable insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering.
• Top Secret clearance required to start.
• Experience designing and managing complex data pipelines and ML services.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy scalable data pipelines and pre-processing workflows.
• Implement feature engineering strategies and machine learning services in containerized environments.
• Collaborate with product managers, full-stack developers, and mission stakeholders.
• Contribute to reproducibility, testing, and continuous delivery in an agile setting.

Skills

Python

SQL

ML model development

Data preprocessing

Statistical modeling

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Data Eng or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Spark

AWS

Azure

Job description

Agile Defense, Inc. is hiring a Data Engineer to support the design, development, and deployment of scalable, AI-enabled data solutions for the DoD. The role emphasizes building data pipelines and ML services within secure, containerized environments at a SCIF location.

The candidate should be proficient in Python, SQL, Spark, and Palantir Foundry, with a Top Secret clearance to start. Collaboration with product managers and engineers is central to delivering actionable insights.