Growth Data & AI Platform Lead (TS/SCI)

DataJobs

Reston (VA)

On-site

USD 176,000 - 282,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Life and health savings account

Short/long term disability

EAP

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid time off (PTO)

Company paid holidays

Job summary

DataJobs is hiring a senior data/AI engineering leader to design and execute an enterprise-grade data and AI foundation for Growth[x]. You will oversee end-to-end pipelines, knowledge cortexes, and governance, partnering with CIOs and the Growth team to ensure scalable, trustworthy AI solutions.

You will drive architecture decisions, lead a small high-leverage team, and deliver reusable skills and workflows across Peraton[x] platforms while communicating progress to leadership and stakeholders.

Qualifications

12+ years of progressive experience in data/AI, solution architecture, or digital transformation.
5+ years leading technical teams.
Ownership of an enterprise AI/analytics platform from architecture through adoption.
Strong knowledge of agentic AI systems, prompt engineering, and knowledge graphs.
Experience with shared infrastructure models and centralized data platforms.
Experience with CIO offices or IT governance functions.
Strong SQL skills and relational databases (PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server).
Hands-on data pipelines with Airflow, Informatica, Talend, or dbt.
Experience with AWS and/or Azure data services (Azure Synapse, ADLS, ADF, BigQuery).
Proficiency with Power BI and Alteryx.
Familiarity with data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and data lake/lakehouse.
LLM-based systems knowledge for retrieval-augmented generation and knowledge graphs.
Excellent written and verbal communication with execs, CIOs, and engineers.
US citizenship and willingness to obtain TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

Plan, coordinate, and manage data pipelines, cortexes, integrations, and governance.
Architect and build the data and AI foundation powering Growth[x].
Own end-to-end technical vision for Growth[x] and AI-enabled workflows on Peraton[x].
Design knowledge cortexes including ontology, mission briefing, content, and KG structure.
Set standards for cortex maintenance as source material changes.
Lead integration with CIO systems, Growth Data Warehouse, and SharePoint repositories.
Drive data-quality remediation for trustworthy AI outputs.
Convert growth steps into event-triggered data packages, dashboards, and workflows.
Redesign workflows around AI with Growth process owners.
Collaborate with Peraton[x] team to evolve Growth operations.
Upgrade BAP prompts and playbooks into reusable skills and flows.
Build training materials for capture managers, solution architects, and pricing leads.
Lead a small, high-leverage team and communicate progress to Growth leadership.