Data Engineer

Data EngineerOur Partner provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet their customers' most demanding challenges. Their capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. They bring disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.The Data Engineer will lead the data architecture and engineering delivery that enables AI/ML/GenAI solutions, ensuring data is trusted, secure, observable, and scalable from ingestion through consumption. You will design and operationalize modern data and retrieval foundations to support LLM-powered applications including patterns such as RAG, embeddings, vector search, and governed access to structured and unstructured data. You will be partnering with a team working with data science, ML engineering, and product stakeholders to translate use cases into production-ready pipelines and platforms with strong data governance, lineage, quality controls, and monitoring. This role blends hands-on technical ability with delivery management and team development, driving consistent engineering standards and measurable outcomes in client environments.Requirements:TS/SCI FSP ClearanceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, Information Systems or related field6+ years of consulting experience leading delivery teams, including onshore and offshore team members6+ years of experience gathering non-functional requirements and defining application architecture frameworks, including validation and testing deliverables5+ years of experience working in an AI environment5+ years of experience translating requirements into client ready design documents5+ years of experience in software application architecture analysis, design, and delivery5+ years of experience executing full system development life cycle implementationsDesired Skills:Certifications in AI/ML technologies and Cloud platforms, such as AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty, Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer, Azure AI Engineer, Azure Data Scientist, or Azure Solutions Architect5 + years of experience in Data Science, Statistics, and Machine Learning5+ years of experience in Generative AI/LLMs, preferably experienced in delivering and productionizing5+ years of experience in machine learning model development, natural language processing, and data analysis; Experienced in Supervised and Unsupervised learning, feature engineering, model training, and deployment5+ year of experience in implementing cloud-based AI/ML workloads on any of AWS, Microsoft and AzureAbout Us:For more than 20 years, NewGen Technologies has solved our clients' toughest IT challenges with integrity, security, and outstanding service by delivering both technology and talent. We have helped secure borders, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to fight terror, aided the identification of criminals, and have helped to prevent crime through the introduction of biometrics. Our team of Highly Cleared Specialists have hard-to-find skills and expertise in a wide spectrum of technologies to provide solutions that transform business processes and solve problems of national significance.