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Joining our team means becoming part of an organization that empowers individuals prioritizes ethical practices and fosters a culture of collaboration and growth.\n\nChallenging Projects:\n\nAs an AI Data Systems Engineer with JCTM you will support the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab by owning the data foundation for AI Branch initiatives. This position requires hands-on data engineering depth and the ability to assess how data is collected, moved, stored, secured, and structured to support AI capabilities across cloud, on-premise, and tactical edge environments.\n\nKey Responsibilities:\n\nData Architecture and Pipeline Design: Design, assess, and advise on ETL pipelines and data architectures supporting AI Branch projects, including Automatic Target Recognition, Autonomous Vehicle Orchestration, and AI-enabled command and control efforts.\nStorage and Edge Data Strategy: Evaluate data storage strategies across cloud, on-premise, and disconnected, degraded, intermittent, or limited tactical edge environments, including tradeoffs in latency, resilience, and bandwidth.\nData Quality and Standards: Define and enforce data quality, typing, taxonomy, labeling, and formatting standards for datasets used in AI training, testing, and inference.\nVendor Technical Evaluation: Assess vendor-proposed data architectures, data rights postures, and data handling claims as part of gated technical evaluations; identify gaps between claimed and demonstrated data maturity.\nMarine Corps Data Advising: Advise AI Branch leadership and requirements owners on data practices the Marine Corps needs to adopt for AI capabilities to be viable at scale.\nData Flow Analysis: Analyze how candidate AI systems ingest, process, move, secure, and produce data, identifying risks, bottlenecks, and integration challenges.\nGovernance and Data Rights: Support data governance, security, and data rights reviews in coordination with cybersecurity, legal, and contracting stakeholders.\nDeployment Integration: Partner with deployment and infrastructure teams to ensure data pipelines are compatible with deployment architecture, system boundaries, and operational constraints.\nExperimentation Support: Support experiments, wargames, and exercises by ensuring collected data is well-structured, accessible, secure, and usable for downstream evaluation.\nTechnical Documentation: Prepare technical assessments, briefings, and documentation on data architecture, data maturity, and data solution evaluations for leadership and transition partners.\nTravel Support: Travel as required (estimated up to 10%) to support data collection, integration, and experimentation events.\n\nState-of-the-Art Technology:\n\nExpand your expertise by working with cutting-edge AI data systems, tactical edge architectures, sensor data pipelines, and advanced data governance methodologies optimizing their application in a dynamic environment.\n\nNew Skills:\n\nCollaborate with a diverse team of technical and functional experts gaining practical experience with advanced tools technologies and strategic-level implementations.\n\nRoom to Grow:\n\nYou will have opportunities to grow your career and contribute to the company's strategic goals supported by mentorship and a collaborative work environment.\n\nYou Have:\n\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science Data Engineering Computer Engineering or a related technical field\n5+ years of experience in data engineering including hands-on ETL pipeline design data pipeline architecture and large-scale data systems\nStrong understanding of data storage systems database design and data modeling across structured and unstructured data\nDemonstrated ability to assess third-party data architectures and technical claims distinguishing sound design from marketing representation\nUnderstanding of data considerations specific to edge and disconnected degraded intermittent or limited environments\nStrong understanding of data governance security and data rights principles including DFARS data rights considerations\nExperience advising technical and non-technical stakeholders on data practice changes\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to clearly articulate ideas for executive level consumption\nAbility to use prior experience and knowledge to address new situations especially during interactions with clients\nUS Citizenship\n\nNice to Haves:\n\nActive TS/SCI Security Clearance or ability to obtain TS/SCI eligibility\nMaster's degree in a relevant technical field\nExperience with sensor data including imagery video or signals in a defense or intelligence context\nExperience evaluating or building data pipelines for machine learning training and inference distinct from data science or analytics work\nPrior military experience particularly within the Marine Corps\nFamiliarity with Marine Corps data systems MAGTF operations and relevant DoD data policy\nFamiliarity with MOSA-related data interoperability considerations\n\nClearance:\n\nApplicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employer Statement:\n\nJCTM is an Equal Opportunity Employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive internal and external change while supporting the safety and security of our great nation.","company":"Jctm","rawCompany":"jctm","city":"Quantico","state":"VA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-08-18T04:16:54.243Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1243.01","title":"Data Warehousing Specialists","slug":"data-warehousing-specialists"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1243.00","title":"Database Architects","slug":"database-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"541690","title":"Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services","slug":"other-scientific-and-technical-consulting-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"AI Data Systems Engineer","description":"The Challenge:\n\nThe data foundation behind AI-enabled warfighting capabilities is critical to aligning our military forces for the future operating environment. 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