Senior Data Engineer — AI/ML Data Platform

SteerBridge; Town of Vienna (WI); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SteerBridge is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Vienna, VA area to align data solutions with business requirements for AI/ML maintenance and deployment planning. You will manage data infrastructure, perform quality checks, and optimize data entry and extraction within our systems.

The role emphasizes designing scalable data models, building fault-tolerant pipelines, and collaborating with data scientists to enable ML workflows.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Bachelor's Degree or Above in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
• An active security clearance or the ability to obtain one is required.
• Minimum 6+ years of experience in data pipelines and Python.
• Experience with Pandas, PySpark, NumPy, SciPy, SQL, and Git.
• Local to Vienna, VA and able to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Advanced data modeling (conceptual, logical, and physical) with emphasis on scalability and maintainability.
• Strong understanding of database paradigms (relational, NoSQL, graph, time-series, and document-based).
• Expertise with modern data warehousing platforms (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery).
• Deep understanding of dimensional modeling (star/snowflake schemas) and data vault techniques.
• Experience designing for both OLTP and OLAP workloads.
• Proficiency with schema evolution, metadata-driven pipelines, and data versioning strategies.
• Implementing data retention, archival, and lifecycle policies.
• Delivered optimized, production-grade data models supporting analytics, reporting, and ML workflows.
• Owned the end-to-end design and implementation of fault-tolerant, high-throughput pipelines integrating diverse data sources while maintaining data quality and SLAs.
• Data Governance and Security: Implementing data privacy and compliance frameworks (GDPR, CCPA).
• Experience with data cataloging, lineage, and metadata management (DataHub, Collibra, Alation).
• Role-based access control and sensitive data protection across multi-tenant systems.
• Automation of governance and security policies using cloud-native tools.
• Implemented enterprise-grade data governance and access control frameworks ensuring compliance, lineage visibility, and trust in analytics.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

Pandas

Data Modeling

Airflow

Kafka

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Git

Data Governance

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Above in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SteerBridge is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in the Vienna, VA area to align data solutions with business requirements for AI/ML maintenance and deployment planning. You will manage data infrastructure, perform quality checks, and optimize data entry and extraction within our systems.

The role emphasizes designing scalable data models, building fault-tolerant pipelines, and collaborating with data scientists to enable ML workflows.