Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineer

Title: Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineer

State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist I

Hiring Range: $70,000-$90,000

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central Office

Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking

two (2) motivated individuals to serve as Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineers.

These positions will support development and maintenance of cloud-based data

engineering and AI workflows, assist in building data pipelines, develop

scripts, support AWS–Snowflake integrations, maintain basic AI workflow

components, and participate in CI/CD, and cloud deployment processes.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Support development of cloud-based data workflows using AWS services.

• Assist in building data pipelines using AWS Lambda, Glue, and Kinesis.

• Develop scripts or small applications using Python.

• Support integration between AWS and Snowflake for data processes.

• Assist in basic AI workflow development such as embeddings or retrieval tasks.

• Support cloud deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshooting cloud

applications.

Minimum Qualifications

• • Experience developing cloud-native code using Python or Node.js.
• • Experience developing and maintaining solutions using AWS services such as
• Lambda, S3 and Glue.
• • Experience in integrating applications with Snowflake and/or building
• applications using Snowflake Cortex (CoCo) or Streamlit.
• • Experience writing and executing complex SQL queries for data retrieval,
• transformation, and validation.
• • Experience building or maintaining data ingestion and transformation workflows
• in data lake or Lakehouse architecture.
• • Experience using open source healthcare integration engines used to move and
• transform clinical data between systems like MIRTH Connect or Rhapsody or
• Cloverleaf or Iguana.
• Additional Considerations
• • Familiarity with API Gateway and Step Functions.
• • Familiarity with Generative AI applications development using RAG and vector
• databases.
• • Active AWS and/or Snowflake certifications.
• Special Instructions
• You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or
• résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your
• account to check the status of your application for this position.
• This position is eligible, however not guaranteed, for telework opportunities;
• availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in
• the Commonwealth telework policy.
• For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online
• application and/or submit a resume. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered
• applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted
• by 11:55 p.m., on the listed closing date. Reasonable accommodations are
• available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview
• processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more
• information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the
• United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office
• directly.
• For any technical assistance with the jobs.virginia.gov website, please contact
• [email protected].
• Contact Information
• Name: ShaKiera Miles
• Phone: N/A
• Email: [email protected] - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to
• include resumes.
• In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging
• individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative
• Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to
• provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging &
• Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision
• Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran
• status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to
• DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP
• Letter [https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx] or by calling
• DARS at 800-552-5019.
• Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI
• dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as
• applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.