Senior Data Engineer

Avathon Government , a wholly owned subsidiary of Avathon, is a U.S. company based in Austin, TX. Avathon Government harnesses proven AI technology to bolster military readiness, improve decision advantage, and optimize defense operations. At Avathon Government, we provide practical, readiness-focused solutions to upskill maintainers and leverage predictive analytics, partner with the armed forces to enhance domain awareness and decision making in the fight, and enable modernization of the defense industrial base by optimizing capital equipment uptime, predicting engine failure, and strengthening supplier quality control through advanced technologies like deep learning, NLP, generative AI, and computer vision. Our mission is ensuring warfighter readiness across a diverse set of missions. Are you ready to build the future of AI for national defense? Join our mission today!

Avathon is looking for an experienced and innovative Data Engineer to join our team to help create the next generation of artificial intelligence solutions that will help our customers make well-informed decisions and support critical missions. At Avathon, you will immerse yourself in cutting-edge research and work with the latest technologies to deliver value in the Industrial IoT and Defense spaces.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and execute best practices for data pipelines, supporting multiple products and aligning with several technology stacks


• Validate and prepare datasets to support analysis and modeling efforts


• Work closely with software engineers and data scientists to deliver cutting edge AI products and solutions to defense and commercial customers


• Operate in self-hosted, secure environments, handling sensitive information

Required Qualifications:

• US Citizenship Required


• Fluency in Python and coding best practices


• Experience with multiple data storage technologies, including relational, document, and graph databases


• Experience supporting or delivering software in a production environment


• Experience contributing to a CI/CD pipeline and following Git practices (we use GitLab)


• Self-driven and comfortable seeking out problems to solve, recommending technologies and solutions and proactively engaging with peers to provide support and drive value


• Experience with agile methodology and workflow

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years' experience supporting AL/ML software solutions


• Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch & Postgres


• Hands-on experience with graph databases


• Knowledge of data pipeline frameworks like Apache Airflow, PySpark, Prefect, etc.


• Comfortable operating in a self-managed cloud environment (we use Azure)

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Avathon Government is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Avathon Government prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)