Data Architect

Office Location: Alexandria, VA 

TOP SECRET//SCI with Counterintelligence Polygraph required

Accrete is a dual use AI software product company that sells into both government and private enterprise sectors. We create AI software, enabling our customers to make better decisions, faster. Accrete is on a mission to create AI so powerful it amplifies human reasoning and enables enterprises to grow in previously unimaginable ways. Prior to launching Accrete in 2017, Prashant Bhuyan, Accrete’s Founder and CEO, spent over a decade in high-frequency trading where he and a core team experimented with and developed AI technology that ultimately became the early underpinnings of Accrete.

To learn more about Accrete, please visit our website: https://www.accrete.ai/

Position Description: 

This role requires working hand-in-hand with Accrete data scientists, AI engineers, and cloud engineers to bring data to client problems. The data architect will be responsible for taking data at varying dispositions, speeds, and sizes and preparing them into machine learning models. This position is contingent on modification to an existing government contract with a PoP through September 2027.

Duties:

• Manage the end-to-end ingestion, storage, transformation, and transport processes and architecture for client data
• Develop and implement a data acquisition and implementation strategy for clients
• Develop data schemas and ontologies for machine learning solutions
• Data source identification, ingestion, and alignment with data schemas and ontologies
• Ensure data integrity from capture to ingestion
• Identify and documenting data ingestion anomalies resident in the source or as part of the ingestion process
• Prepare and curate data for machine learning platforms
• Test data retrieval processes to ensure proper rendering of data in machine learning models

Skills:

• Strong mathematical and statistical background
• Ability to present compelling statistical visualizations of data ingestion and preparation processes
• Experience with ingesting real-time and batch data loads
• Mastery with building and managing relational and foundational databases
• Experience with database management software
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in information systems, mathematics, computer science or equivalent work experience
• 5 years of experience of data modeling, design, and foundational work for this position
• Pursuant to Executive Order 12968, August 2, 1995, this position requires U.S. citizenship
• Current U.S. government top secret clearance with eligibility for SCI and counterintelligence scope polygraph 

Ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in the Department of Defense or intelligence community
• Experience working with AWS and Azure cloud environments
• Some experience coding in Java, Python, R, or C/C++

Salary Range: $150,000 - $180,000

Security Clearance: TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Benefits: 

• Fortune 500 level core benefits package: health, dental, vision, Rx, long-term disability, short-term disability, life insurance, & 401(k) Traditional & Roth 
• Unlimited PTO & all U.S. federal holidays off
• Company events include happy hours, team bonding.
• Our office is stocked with lunch & snacks – healthy, delicious, beverages, vitamins & more 

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and opportunities for growth and advancement within the company. If you are an innovative and results-driven leader, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Accrete is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.