Senior RAG / Data Engineer

Job overview

The Senior RAG / Data Engineer role is described as hybrid or remote, with Fort Meade, Maryland, listed as the location; the posting also prefers the Washington, DC/Northern Virginia area. Compensation is not specified. PGTEK says the role supports its L200 Driving Adoption capability and federal and Department of Defense programs. The engineer builds and maintains knowledge pipelines that provide grounded, traceable, permission-aware answers for mission-critical applications. The work includes data ingestion and retrieval, quality and access controls, and support for authorization activities, while contributing reusable standards and mentoring team members.

What you'll do

• Own ingestion, cleaning, chunking, embeddings, metadata, retrieval, citations, access filtering, and data quality
• implement solutions using Python, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI/RAG, embeddings, and vector search
• mentor team members and contribute reusable standards
• support RMF, FedRAMP, and DoD authorization activities.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior rag / data engineer

pgtek

fort meade md

hybrid or remote

federal programs

dod programs

python

bigquery

vertex ai

vector search

active secret clearance

rmf

fedramp

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• PPO medical coverage with HSA option, vision and dental insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, critical illness insurance, matching 401(k), PTO and holidays, education assistance after 12 months, and employee assistance program.

Why this role

Active Secret clearance is required; TS/SCI eligibility is preferred. The posting describes travel to customer sites of approximately 10–25%.

About the employer

PGTEK is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.