Senior Data Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Data Engineer at GDIT, you’ll power innovation to drive mission impact and grow your expertise to power your career forward. We are a fast-growing AI and Data team within the Global CIO organization at GDIT. We design and deliver enterprise-grade solutions that integrate AI, data, and human-AI collaboration workflows across key business functions (e.g., Growth, Finance, HR, Legal, and Supply Chain). We are looking for a highly skilled Data Engineer (Agentic AI) who shares a passion for delivering data engineering for agentic AI applications and building an AI-first data ecosystem foundational to enterprise AI transformation. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT: Design, build, and operate scalable end-to-end data pipelines and curated data products that support enterprise analytics and agentic AI use cases Integrate data from enterprise systems and external sources, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data Deliver reliable data services for agentic AI workflows, including APIs, retrieval/indexing, and governed context delivery for AI agents Implement data quality, observability, and governance best practices across data pipelines and products Optimize performance and cost across storage, compute, orchestration, and serving layers Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, AI engineers, and software developers, to translate requirements into production solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience delivering production-grade data engineering across databases, data integration, data services, and data governance
- Proficiency in programming languages (Python or Java) and databases (SQL and NoSQL)
- Experience with enterprise-scale data architectures and cloud data platforms such as Azure (preferred), OCI, or AWS
- Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional enterprise environments
Nice To Haves
- Experience delivering data engineering for agentic AI applications
- Experience with retrieval-based AI data foundations (document processing, metadata, embeddings, vector or hybrid search)
- Familiarity with agent workflows and how agents interact with data services and tools in production
- Experience with lakehouse architectures and cloud data platforms such as Azure (preferred), OCI (preferred), or AWS
- Experience in real-time streaming applications or other high-velocity solutions
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve data engineering productivity and quality in coding, testing, and documentation
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate scalable end-to-end data pipelines and curated data products that support enterprise analytics and agentic AI use cases
- Integrate data from enterprise systems and external sources, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data
- Deliver reliable data services for agentic AI workflows, including APIs, retrieval/indexing, and governed context delivery for AI agents
- Implement data quality, observability, and governance best practices across data pipelines and products
- Optimize performance and cost across storage, compute, orchestration, and serving layers
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business stakeholders, AI engineers, and software developers, to translate requirements into production solutions
Benefits
- AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
- 401K with company match
- Competitive pay and paid time off
- Full-flex work week
- Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- Dental plan options
- Vision plan
- Ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars to 401(k) up to the IRS annual limits
- Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays
- Paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave
- Short and long-term disability benefits
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
