Senior Data Engineer — AI/ML Pipelines in Secure Cloud

Cornerstone Defense; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense seeks a Senior Data Engineer to advance data pipelines and ML initiatives in a Secure Federal context. You will collaborate with the AI team to operationalize pipelines, deploy Python-based ML models, and present insights to stakeholders.

Applicants should have 10+ years of data/ML engineering, strong ETL skills, and experience in AWS cloud environments with IL6+ readiness. This on-site role at Tysons Corner offers growth and impact across missions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in data/ML engineering and related disciplines.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in data/ML engineering with hands-on ETL/data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Work with AI team to operationalize data pipelines and ML tasks.
• Deploy Python-native ML pipelines and perform data engineering tasks to enable AI/ML capabilities.
• Present results to diverse audiences in presentation or report form.
• Support security-focused data architectures and identity management system integration.
• Advise leadership and senior executives on security architecture and related domains.

Skills

10+ years exp

Data/ML engineering

ETL processes

Data labeling

Data preparation

Python

SQL

Kafka

Cloudera

DataBricks

Snowflake

NiFi

AWS IL6+

AI/ML deployment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / IT / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Cloud services

Job description

Cornerstone Defense seeks a Senior Data Engineer to advance data pipelines and ML initiatives in a Secure Federal context. You will collaborate with the AI team to operationalize pipelines, deploy Python-based ML models, and present insights to stakeholders.

Applicants should have 10+ years of data/ML engineering, strong ETL skills, and experience in AWS cloud environments with IL6+ readiness. This on-site role at Tysons Corner offers growth and impact across missions.