Data Engineer GenAI Pipelines
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Who Are We
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name Groundswell represents our commitment to be an unstoppable seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious be bold and drive change at a rapid pace Join us where well make a greater impact together.
What Youll do:
Who Are We
Groundswell is a premier technology integrator resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name Groundswell represents our commitment to be an unstoppable seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results.Are you ready to be audacious be bold and drive change at a rapid pace Join us where well make a greater impact together.
What Youll Do:
The Data Engineer GenAI Pipelines will play a critical role in building optimizing and securing data pipelines that power AI/ML and Generative AI solutions for federal customers. This role spans data ingestion validation compliance and large-scale pipeline optimization to support both enterprise analytics and LLM training/inference workflows.
Responsibilities:
Design develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes for multi-source data ingestion.
Seamlessly onboard and integrate new data sources into existing pipelines.
Build automated data validation frameworks to ensure accuracy and consistency.
Optimize pipelines for scalability and performance across cloud platforms.
Implement data quality monitoring and alerting systems.
Architect data solutions across AWS Azure and GCP.
Build data pipelines tailored to Large Language Model (LLM) training and inference workflows.
Develop preprocessing pipelines for GenAI-specific use cases.
Implement data privacy security best practices and compliance controls (e.g. FedRAMP).
Maintain data lineage audit trails and governance standards.
Write complex SQL queries to support data analysis and reporting.
Support federal proposal efforts with technical expertise on data solutions.
Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Mathematics Statistics or related technical field.
5 years of professional data engineering experience.
Strong expertise in SQL.
Proficiency in at least one programming language: Python Java or Scala.
Experience with modern ETL frameworks (e.g. Apache Airflow AWS Glue).
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS Azure GCP).
Experience implementing data quality frameworks and validation processes.
Must be a U.S. Citizen per contract requirements
Must be local to the DC Metro area and able to be onsite in McLean VA 5 days a week
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Why Youll Never Want to Leave:
Comprehensive medical dental and vision plans
Flexible Spending Account
4% 401K Match (immediate vesting)
Paid Time Off
Tuition reimbursement certification programs and professional development
Flexible work schedule
On-site gym and childcare option
The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Groundswell it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:
$89901.00 - $175477.00
NOTE:Groundswell does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Groundswell and Groundswell will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age pregnancy genetic information disability status as a protected veteran or any other protected category under applicable federal state and local laws.
Read a copy of the Companys Non-Discrimination Policy Statement.
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Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
About Company
Groundswell is a highly specialized systems integrator leveraging world-class talent and SaaS intellectual property to help government entities enhance service delivery and achieve strategic objectives.
