About the role

What will you do at ECS Tech Inc?

Everforth ECS is seeking a Sr. Data and AI Engineer to work in our Arlington, VA

(Hybrid) office.

(Typically 1-2x per week in Arlington, VA office for team planning and

collaboration)

The Sr. Data and AI Engineer will be a key member of our high

performing Solutions team. They will provide critical support in product

discovery using their data expertise to merge technical, business, and customer

needs into achievable objectives and driving the completion of

those objectives. As an expert in delivering technical projects, the

Engineer will identify challenges and improvements to process, organizational

practices, technical innovation, and culture; then lead cross functional

team members to solution and deliver improvements.

They will also apply their technical expertise across multiple disciplines

to share the best approaches and solutions with our customers to improve complex

strategic solutions and meet enterprise needs.

Strong candidates will show experiences identifying strategic improvement

opportunities, creating interest and buy-in, and executing on vision.

Salary: $180,000 - $200,000

General Description of Benefits [https://ecstech.com/careers/benefits]

Qualifications

* Must be a US Citizen
* Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance
* Bachelor's degree
* 10+ years of IT experience including experience in design, analysis, and
implementation of large-scale, complex data architectures
* 5+ years of Data experience in evaluating, architecting, and building AI and
Generative AI tools
* Experience with development and implementation of agentic AI solutions
* Rapid development and prototype experience
* Serve as a central facilitator in helping the organization to understand
their current drivers and challenges
* Support Business Development efforts through maturing strategic solution
ideas and aligning them with customer needs
* Ability to develop a roadmap that links the deployment of architectural
capabilities within the organization to address inherent data challenges
faced by the organization
* Ability to work hands on with developers to deliver solutions and provide
customer facing support and solutioning
* Strong ability to communicate technical solutions with multiple stakeholders
at different leadership levels to build relationships, provide guidance, and
explain business value of technical solutions
* Experience mentoring data engineers, establishing best practices, providing
code review, and helping team to understand business value of solutions
* Experience working in Agile environment leveraging advanced design and
engineering best practices
* Building solutions that make use of data to improve business insights, help
with operational decisions, and support performance management
* Knowledge of Data Management and Data Architecture concepts, Data Warehousing
and Big Data tools, Data Analytics and applicable knowledge of Data Science
concepts and tools
* Experience working and deploying AWS Cloud native data and AI technologies

Which skills does this role require?

Data ArchitectureArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AIAgentic AICloud ComputingAWSData EngineeringAgile MethodologyData WarehousingBig DataData AnalyticsData ScienceStrategic PlanningStakeholder ManagementMentoringTechnical LeadershipCloud NativeAgileStrategic ImprovementProduct DiscoveryPublic Trust ClearanceUS CitizenTechnical InnovationBusiness DevelopmentPerformance ManagementOperational DecisionsSolutions TeamCross-functional TeamPrototypingEnterprise SolutionsData ManagementLLMsProduct Strategy

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