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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** American CyberSystems
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $114,400.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Airflow, Big Data, BigQuery, Cloud Database, Cloud Storage, Information Engineering, Python (Programming Language), Metadata, Software Tools, Data Streaming, Google Cloud, Apache Spark, Pyspark, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming, Data Management, Data Lakehouse, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://public-rest34.bullhornstaffing.com/rest-services/2WXP1S/query/JobBoardPost?where=id=1022403&fields=id,title,publishedCategory(id,name),address(city,state),employmentType,dateLastPublished,publicDescription,isOpen,isPublic,isDeleted

## About the Role

* Ability to demonstrable skills using AI tools such as LangChain, LangGraph/ADK, agentic frameworks, RAG, GraphRAG, and using MCP to build agent-based data capabilities.
 * Experience in data engineering including hands-on experience working with Cloud data solutions: creating/supporting Spark based ingestion and processing.
 * Experience with Data Lakehouse architecture and design, including hands-on experience with Python, pySpark, Kafka, Airflow, Google Cloud Storage, Big Query, Data Proc, Cloud Composer.
 * Hands-on experience developing data flows using Kafka, Flink, and Spark streaming.

## Description

* Implement and operationalize modern AI-enabled data capabilities on Google Cloud to ingest, transform, and distribute data for a variety of big data apps.
 * Leverage AI/Agentic frameworks to automate data management, governance, and data consumption capabilities - data pipelines, data quality, metadata, data compliance, etc.
 * Work within a matrix org. with principal engineers, product managers, and data engineers to roadmap, plan, and deliver key data capabilities based on priority.


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