Data & Knowledge Engineer

This role is responsible for leading the design, governance, and improvement of data and knowledge foundations that support AI capabilities across Network Services. The ideal candidate will work with both structured and unstructured data sources, partnering with subject matter experts to translate network technologies and operational context into reusable, AI-ready assets. This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days onsite per week., * Lead the design and improvement of data and knowledge assets that support AI and agentic use-cases across Network Services

• Define and maintain standards for how documentation, configurations, telemetry, metadata, policies, and operational knowledge should be organized, governed, and prepared for AI consumption
• Partner with product and service subject matter experts to understand network technologies, operational context, and domain-specific knowledge
• Design and guide scalable methods for storing, governing, indexing, validating, and retrieving context assets needed for AI-enabled workflows
• Establish and evolve preventative and detective controls to reduce data quality, metadata quality, and knowledge quality issues
• Lead remediation efforts for material data and knowledge quality issues by identifying upstream root causes and defining corrective actions
• Define expectations for ownership, stewardship, lineage, freshness, governance, and control accountability across data and knowledge domains
• Build or guide the development of pipelines, transformations, and validation routines to improve the quality of AI-relevant context assets
• Mentor less senior engineers and contributors on data engineering, knowledge engineering, and control design practices

• Strong experience engineering and governing both structured and unstructured data used for analytics, automation, search, or AI-enabled solutions
• Advanced understanding of data modeling, transformation, storage, indexing, retrieval, and metadata management patterns
• Demonstrated ability to define enterprise-ready standards for data, documents, and knowledge artifacts prepared for AI consumption
• Experience establishing and improving data quality, metadata quality, and knowledge quality controls
• Strong knowledge of preventative and detective controls related to data and knowledge management practices
• Experience working with knowledge sources such as policies, standards, configurations, telemetry, runbooks, and operational documentation
• Strong working understanding of network technologies, infrastructure concepts, and service models
• Experience defining data ownership, stewardship, lineage, freshness, and governance expectations in a regulated enterprise environment
• Familiarity with AI-oriented data and knowledge preparation concepts, including grounding and retrieval-readiness
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience leading or influencing cross-functional work across engineering, architecture, operations, and governance stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with Data Analysis, Data Governance, and Data Modeling

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior Data & Knowledge Engineer - Hybrid for a 12+ month contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Chandler, AZ., Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident), For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.