Senior RAG / Data Engineer - Active Secret clearance

Socket.dev; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Holidays

Health, vision & dental insurance

401(k) with match

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

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.

The role involves ingestion, cleaning, embeddings, and data quality to ensure secure, scalable data flows. You will work with Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Vertex AI/RAG to implement retrieval and vector search, while mentoring teammates and aligning standards

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant technical or engineering experience.
• Hands-on with Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, vector search, SQL, IAM, and data quality.
• Experience with RMF/FedRAMP/DoD authorization activities is a plus.

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

Tools

Vertex AI

Cloud Storage

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

Requirements

• 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