Data Engineer: Secure DataOps for Onsite Fairfax

Everforth, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Everforth ECS benefits

Job summary

Everforth, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Data Engineer to support day-to-day data operations for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) within the SUNet environment.

The role focuses on data ingestion, storage management, secure transfers, and scripting to automate repeatable tasks, with onboarding of new data sources and collaboration with government partners.

Qualifications

• Autonomous self-starter with a proven track record delivering complex data solutions.
• Preferred certifications within 6–12 months: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Linux+, AWS Solutions Architect - Associate.
• Network+ or equivalent networking fundamentals certification.

Responsibilities

• Support ingestion, organization, storage, management, and secure transport of SUNet data.
• Carry out approved data transfers between authorized systems, storage locations, enclaves, and users while following established security, data-handling, and customer requirements.
• Validate data transfers using manifests, file counts, checksums, metadata, or other verification methods to confirm completeness and integrity.
• Maintain data inventories, metadata, storage locations, access information, transfer records, and supporting documentation for visibility into SUNet data holdings.
• Assist with on-premises and cloud data storage resource management, including monitoring capacity, organizing datasets, identifying storage needs, and supporting data lifecycle activities.
• Create, submit, coordinate, track, test, document, and close Change Requests related to data operations, system configurations, access requirements, and customer-requested capabilities.
• Implement assigned customer requirements by translating operational needs into data-management actions, technical tasks, configuration changes, or process improvements under senior technical guidance.
• Support onboarding of new government and commercial users, data sources, and development teams by coordinating data access, identifying required datasets, and assisting with approved data-transfer workflows.
• Troubleshoot routine issues for data access, permissions, file transfers, storage capacity, connectivity, data availability, and related services, escalating more complex problems as needed.
• Develop basic scripts and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar tools to improve repeatable data-management, validation, transfer, and reporting processes.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including SOPs, data-flow diagrams, data inventories, transfer procedures, troubleshooting guides, Change Request documentation, and operational runbooks.
• Support special projects, data migrations, capability demonstrations, testing events, process improvements, and other technical activities for CDAO, government partners, and commercial AI/ML teams.

Skills

Autonomous self-starter

Independent problem solving

Communication

Education

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA Linux+

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate

Network+

Tools

Python

Bash

PowerShell

AWS

Linux

Security+

Linux+

Network+

Job description

Everforth, Inc. in Fairfax, VA is seeking a Data Engineer to support day-to-day data operations for the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) within the SUNet environment.

The role focuses on data ingestion, storage management, secure transfers, and scripting to automate repeatable tasks, with onboarding of new data sources and collaboration with government partners.