Job Status: Position is contingent upon program award
Location: Reston, VA or Bolling AFB, DC (hybrid - planned for 50% onsite and 50% telework)
Clearance Required: Must be a U.S. Citizen and possess a current and active TS/SCI clearance granted by the Department of Defense or an Intelligence Community agency. Must be able to pass a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph (current CI Polygraph a plus).

BACKGROUND:

Assured Consulting Solutions provides strategic and innovative solutions for customer needs across the business, technology, and organizational spectrum. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to work with customers that are both Government and industry leaders and technology innovators.
We are looking for an experienced and highly motivated AI Data Pipeline Engineer to join our team.
Our AI Data Pipeline Engineer will design and optimize data pipelines that efficiently move data from sources to AI processing services, ensuring seamless integration with human evaluation workflows. This role requires a deep understanding of AI workflows and the ability to translate complex data requirements into scalable, secure pipelines.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years in data engineering or AI infrastructure.
• Expertise in data pipeline tools (AWS Glue, Kafka, NiFi) and AI integration.
• Strong problem-solving skills for optimizing data flow and latency.
• Experience with JSON, Python, and API-driven architectures.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of LlamaIndex, Qdrant, and classification-aware data processing.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or equivalent experience

YEARS OF EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years w/ High School Diploma
• 3+ years w/ Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree, or PhD
  Position Type: Full-Time
  Shift: Day
  Export Control: For all positions requiring access to technology/software source code that is subject to export control laws, employment with the company is contingent on either verifying U.S.-person status or obtaining any necessary license. The applicant will be required to answer certain questions for export control purposes, and that information will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law. ACS may choose not to apply for a license for such individuals whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code may require authorization and may decline to proceed with an applicant on that basis alone.
  Assured Consulting Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Minorities, females, disabled and protected veterans are urged to apply. ACS’ utilization of any external recruitment or job placement agency is predicated upon its full compliance with our equal opportunity/affirmative action policies. ACS does not accept resumes from unsolicited recruiting firms. We pay no fees for unsolicited services.

• Develop and maintain data pipelines using AWS services (Glue, Lambda, Kinesis) or open-source tools (Apache Kafka, NiFi, Airflow) for structured/unstructured data ingestion through embedding and loading into vector databases
• Integrate data with AI models (LLMs, RAG) via RESTful APIs, ensuring low-latency processing and scalability.
• Validate data quality, implement caching (Redis), and optimize pipelines for performance (50–2000 tokens/sec).
• Collaborate with systems administrators to ensure compliance with security and classification requirements.
• Document pipeline workflows and provide support for human evaluation of AI outputs.