Data Engineering SME: Enterprise Data Architect & AI Pipelines

Doist; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Platinum Technologies is seeking a Data Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise data architectures that support Object-Based Intelligence mission requirements. This role requires an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph and citizenship.

You will drive scalable data pipelines, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and Semantic Web technologies while collaborating across ontology engineers, software engineers, and Government stakeholders to

Qualifications

• Requires U.S. citizenship and active TS/SCI with CI polygraph.
• 12+ years of experience with advanced degree or 17+ years with a bachelor’s.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data engineering and data integration architectures.
• Experience developing ETL/ELT pipelines with modern data tools.
• Experience integrating structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
• Experience with relational, NoSQL, and graph databases; distributed processing.
• Knowledge of data modeling, metadata management, governance, and architecture.
• Familiarity with Semantic Web technologies and ontology-based data integration.
• Experience with cloud-based or containerized data platforms including Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Strong communication of complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise data engineering solutions for OBI mission requirements.
• Design and optimize scalable data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, validating, and integrating data from multiple sources.
• Develop data integration frameworks supporting ontologies, knowledge graphs, RDF/OWL/SPARQL.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and Government stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Design data architectures supporting cloud-native, distributed, and hybrid environments.
• Establish data quality, metadata, lineage, and governance processes across assets.
• Optimize processing performance with modern distributed frameworks and storage technologies.
• Support AI/ML initiatives by providing curated datasets with semantic context for training and inference.
• Develop monitoring, validation, and testing capabilities to ensure data accuracy and reliability.
• Produce technical docs, data flow diagrams, and interface specifications.

Skills

Enterprise data engineering

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data integration architectures

Data modeling

Metadata management

Data governance

Cloud environments

Communication to stakeholders

Education

Advanced degree

Bachelor's degree + 17 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Graph databases

Distributed processing frameworks

Job description

Platinum Technologies is seeking a Data Engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of enterprise data architectures that support Object-Based Intelligence mission requirements. This role requires an active TS/SCI with CI polygraph and citizenship.

You will drive scalable data pipelines, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and Semantic Web technologies while collaborating across ontology engineers, software engineers, and Government stakeholders to