Job Description ECS is seeking a
Junior Data Engineer to work in a hybrid remote/onsite capacity, with minimum of 3 business days onsite at our
Fairfax, VA ECS office and/or our
Springfield, VA customer site.
ECS seeks a Junior Data Engineer to support a project team responsible for managing an Artificial Intelligence initiative. The work is performed in a multidisciplinary and collaborative team environment. This role will report to a project lead and will focus on developing and maintaining data pipelines, as well as performing data analysis, to support Artificial Intelligence development across multiple classification levels and environments.
Position Responsibilities:
- Participate in technical exchange meetings and discussions with our customers, vendors, and internal team to help coordinate, prioritize, and track datasets supporting AI efforts.
- Work in person at the required office and, as needed, classified locations with team members and customer stakeholders.
- Coordinate with the Project Manager and Data Team to determine data requirements.
- Help cultivate an environment that promotes customer service, excellence, innovation, collaboration, and teamwork.
- Extract, transform, and load data to prepare for ingestion into Machine Learning (ML) development environments.
- Assist with the design and development of data services and pipelines, working to optimize data delivery and automate manual processes.
- Independently identify, document, and address technical challenges.
- Perform multiple tasks simultaneously and successfully under changing priorities and deadlines.
- Complete data analysis, catering results to the customer in a holistic and easy-to-understand way.
We are a rapidly growing company that considers our employees and teams to be our most important assets. Our team environment provides opportunities for growth to individuals who are motivated to excel. Our growing program works with the most forward-leaning technologies and extraordinary customers who are thought and action leaders within the AI/ML domain. We offer a highly competitive compensation and benefits package to the right person for this key position.
Required Skills - Ability to obtain a TS/SCI Clearance
- A Bachelor's Degree in Data Engineering, Data Science, Information Management, Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field
- 0-3+ years of working experience in one of the related areas: Data Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or Data Science
- Demonstrated proficiency with Python, Pyspark, and/or SQL
- Experience with text parsing
- Experience transforming and manipulating data sets
- Excellent communication skills, critical thinking skills, and problem-solving abilities
Desired Skills - Active Secret Clearance
- Experience with Databricks or other data management platforms
- Experience with Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AI/ML) development, particularly computer vision
- Experience working with cloud technologies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
- Experience with Linux
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ECS is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis any characteristic protected by law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local jurisdiction law.
ECS is a leading mid-sized provider of technology services to the United States Federal Government. We are focused on people, values and purpose. Every day, our 3300+ employees focus on providing their technical talent to support the Federal Agencies and Departments of the US Government to serve, protect and defend the American People.
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