Senior RAG / Data Engineer - Active Secret clearance

PGTEK; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PPO medical

Vision plan

Dental insurance

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

Critical Illness insurance

401(k) match

Pet insurance

EAP

PTO

Job summary

PGTEK is seeking a Sr. RAG / Data Engineer to support our L200 Driving Adoption capability. You will build the knowledge pipeline that yields grounded, traceable, and permission-aware answers for mission-critical applications.

The role requires deep hands-on work with Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, and vector search. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of engineering experience and familiarity with RMF/FedRAMP/DoD processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant technical or engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, vector search.
• Familiarity with data quality, IAM, and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Own ingestion, cleaning, chunking, embeddings, metadata, retrieval, citations, access filtering, and data quality.
• Implement solutions using Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
• Mentor team members and contribute reusable standards.
• Support RMF/FedRAMP/DoD authorization activities.

Skills

Python

BigQuery

Cloud Storage

Vertex AI/RAG

Embeddings

Vector search

SQL

Data quality

IAM

Evaluation

Job description

Sr. RAG / Data Engineer — Federal and DoD Programs

About the Role
PGTEK is seeking a Sr. RAG / Data Engineer to support our L200 Driving Adoption capability. You will build the knowledge pipeline that gives Gemini grounded, traceable, and permission-aware answers for mission-critical applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Own ingestion, cleaning, chunking, embeddings, metadata, retrieval, citations, access filtering, and data quality
• Implement solutions using Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, and vector search
• Mentor team members and contribute reusable standards
• Support RMF/FedRAMP/DoD authorization activities

• 3+ years of relevant technical or engineering experience
• Hands-on experience with Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, vector search, SQL, data quality, IAM, and evaluation

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer or Professional Machine Learning Engineer
• Experience taking AI use cases from discovery through adoption measurement

Clearance & Location

Active Secret clearance required; TS/SCI eligibility preferred. Hybrid or remote with travel to customer sites (~10–25%). Washington, DC / Northern Virginia area preferred.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time salaried employees is effective immediately upon the start date. Benefits include comprehensive PPO medical coverage with access to a Health Savings Account (HSA) option, a vision plan, and dental insurance with the base dental plan option paid for by PGTEK. Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term disability, and Critical Illness insurance have premiums covered. Additionally, PGTEK offers a matching 401(k) plan and a discount on pet insurance through ASPCA Pet Insurance. An Employee Assistance Program is available at no cost to all employees. PGTEK offers a generous amount of PTO and Holidays, and an Education Assistance Program is available after 12 months of employment.

ABOUT PGTEK

PGTEK is a true consulting organization dedicated to helping clients achieve their business and technology objectives utilizing our decades of experience and business relationships. PGTEK invests in the educational advancements of our staff by providing the necessary resources to complete Professional and Business Certifications. Our company is our people, and we treat them like family.

EOE, including disability/veterans