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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** ECS Federal, LLC.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $104,764.0 - $125,717.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Data as a Services, Data Files, JSON, Machine Learning, Parsing, Software Architecture, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Data Processing, Data Management
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/jr-data-engineer-washington-dc--008ec170-d773-49d0-a89d-cf44ad1d1ed7

## About the Role

Everforth ECS seeks a Jr Data Engineer to support the development and integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cloud Solutions. The candidate has experience and/or coursework in exploring, mining, parsing, and transforming text and JSON data. The candidate has experience and/or coursework in processing geospatial data. The work is performed in a multidisciplinary small team environment. The candidate is highly motivated and enthusiastic about implementing new technologies where deadlines are important to national security. The candidate will be contributing to a pathfinder program for the Department of Defense (DoD) that has the potential to change the way we gather and share intelligence., Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Cloud Computing, Cross-Functional, Customer Support/Service, Data Management, Data Processing, Data Sets, Establish Priorities, Intelligence Gathering, JSON, Machine Learning, Mineral/Mining Exploration, Multitasking, Natural Language Parsing, Project/Program Coordination, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Spatial Data, Team Player, Time Management, United States Department of Defense (DoD)

## Description

* 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 closely with software engineers and architects to extract, transform and standardize data to prepare for ingest into Machine Learning (ML) development environments
 * Support continuous process automation for data ingest
 * Support the integration of ML algorithms for testing and operational deployment
 * Assist with the design and development of data services and pipelines
 * Coordinate with the Project Manager and Data Team to determine data requirements and to serve as the project data advocate
 * Perform multiple tasks simultaneously and successfully under changing priorities and deadlines
 * Help cultivate an environment that promotes customer service, excellence, innovation, collaboration, and teamwork


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