Systems Engineer – Data/AI Infra & Neo4j (TS/SCI)

RCT Systems; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate 401k vesting

Generous PTO

$500 annual technology allowance

Job summary

RCT Systems in Chantilly, Virginia seeks a Systems Engineer with strong data engineering and secure cloud architecture to design and optimize mission-critical data solutions. This role blends system engineering, ETL/AI-ML data pipelines, virtualization, and modern development practices in classified AWS environments.

You will implement Neo4j graph databases, Cypher queries, and dashboards, collaborate with stakeholders, and maintain documentation.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph required.
• Minimum of 5 years with BS/BA including at least 2 years of Sponsor experience.
• Hands-on experience with ETL pipelines, data modeling, activity modeling, and AI/ML-supportive data engineering.
• Proficiency in Cypher, Python, or Java.
• Experience with graphing database technologies (Neo4j) and Cypher query language expertise.
• Demonstrated experience cleaning, modeling, and visualizing medium-to-large datasets.
• Experience developing dashboards or system visualizations.
• Experience operating with modern software virtualization tools like Docker, Kubernetes.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure in High security environments (classified).
• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Customer-specific experience supporting mission systems or classified programs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize ETL pipelines, including data flows supporting AI/ML/LLM projects and large-scale analytics.
• Clean, preprocess, analyze, and visualize medium-to-large datasets using modern analytic and statistical methods.
• Build and optimize Neo4j graph database solutions including schema design, relationship modeling, and efficient Cypher query development.
• Maintain documentation for datasets, queries, security artifacts, engineering decisions, and developed software components.

Skills

Cypher

Python

Java

ETL pipelines

Data modeling

AI/ML data engineering

Dashboarding/visualization

Cloud security

Communication

Education

BS/BA in a technical field

Tools

Neo4j

Cypher

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

RCT Systems in Chantilly, Virginia seeks a Systems Engineer with strong data engineering and secure cloud architecture to design and optimize mission-critical data solutions. This role blends system engineering, ETL/AI-ML data pipelines, virtualization, and modern development practices in classified AWS environments.

You will implement Neo4j graph databases, Cypher queries, and dashboards, collaborate with stakeholders, and maintain documentation.