Senior Data Engineer with Security Clearance

Cornerstone Defense LLC; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation

Fitness reimbursement

College savings plan

Commuter benefits

Financial advisory services

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

STD/LTD coverage

Life and AD&D insurance

Employee assistance programs

Life financial planning assistance

Legal resources

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC seeks a Senior Data Engineer to join our AI/ML team in Tysons Corner, VA. This role requires active TS/SCI with Poly and experience deploying data pipelines and ML workloads in secure environments.

You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to operationalize data architectures, optimize ETL processes, and present analytical results to executives and program managers. Federal sector experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in data/ML engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS / IT management / Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years in data/ML engineering.
• Expert in ETL, data labeling, and data preparation.
• Experience with Cloudera, DataBricks, Snowflake, NiFi, Python, SQL, Kafka.
• Experience building data solutions in classified AWS environments up to IL6+.
• Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Operationalize data pipelines and ML tasks with the AI team.
• Deploy Python-native ML pipelines and perform data engineering tasks.
• Present results to diverse audiences in reports or presentations.
• Support security architecture and identity management integrations.
• Advise leadership and engage with senior executives at Federal agencies.
• Analyze program or system data to optimize performance.

Skills

Data/ML engineering

ETL

Data labeling

Data preparation

Python

SQL

Kafka

Cloudera

DataBricks

Snowflake

NiFi

AWS

Security/compliance

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology Management / Engineering

Tools

AWS

Job description

Senior Data Engineer Tysons Corner, VA Active TS/SCI with Poly

Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with AI team members to operationalize data pipelines and ML tasks.
• Provide day-to-day support of deploying Python-native ML pipelines and perform data engineering tasks to enable AI/ML capabilities.
• Present results to a diverse audience in presentation or report form.
• Support architectural leadership, technical support, and advisement services to ensure identity management system technologies are integrated and meeting the appropriate security requirements.
• Support leadership who engage with senior level executives at a public facing Federal agency and provide subject matter expertise in security architecture and other key domain areas.
• Ability to perform data analytics on program related or system related activities. This will include assessing performance and manual processes implementing methods/algorithms to automate/optimize.

Required Skills

• Minimum 10 years experience
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology Management or Engineering, or other comparable degree or experience
• 8+ years of experience in Data/ML engineering
• Expert Experience with ETL, data labeling, and data preparation
• 8+ years experience with at least 2 of the following technologies: Cloudera, DataBricks, Snowflake, NiFi, Python, SQL, Kafka
• Expert experience designing, developing, and deploying data solutions in classified AWS cloud environments up to IL6+
• Expert experience designing, implementing, and maintaining data architecture and services to be used for AI/ML. Additionally, operationalizing and maintaining AI/ML models in production.
• Strong communication skills, ability to communicate technical concepts in both layman and technical terms to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Company Benefits

• Cornerstone Defense offers a comprehensive list of benefits, designed to give employees and their families several options to choose from when selecting benefits that best fit their needs.
• A 401(K) plan with a company match
• Tuition and training assistances
• Paid vacation/leave
• A fitness reimbursement program
• College savings plan
• Commuter benefits
• Financial advisory services
• Flex spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• STD/LTD coverage
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Life financial planning assistance
• Legal resources