Mainly remote with one quarterly visit to Richmond VA. Our government client is looking for an Agentic Data Engineer on a hybrid 6-12 months renewable contract role in Richmond, VA Position- Agentic Data Engineer Job Description: The agency Information Technology Division is seeking a highly skilled Artificial Intelligence Engineer 4- Agentic Data Engineer to design, develop, train and deploy data models that leverage agentic AI that solve real-world problems. • Responsibilities: Gather business needs and translate them to analytics. • Produce code that is clearly documented and maintain a version-control system. • Develop machine learning models that will address business needs. • Effectively communicate analytics results to a range of stakeholders. • Qualifications: Demonstrated ability to perform research and communicate analyses to a wide range of audiences. • Co-author or principal investigator for 5 or more peer-reviewed publications using advanced computational or statistical analyses and/or advanced ML methods. • 10+ years of leading data science projects or teams. • Gathers business requirements needed for analytics. • Experience mentoring or guiding junior team members. • Experience with supervised and unsupervised learning, model selection, feature engineering, and evaluation metrics. • Experience with Big Data frameworks like Spark/Databricks. • Experience with code version-control systems such as Git. • Degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or a related field. • Required/Desired Experience:10 years of Advanced proficiency in Python and/or R Required • 10 years of Knowledge of SQL Databases Required • 5 years of Experience with Spark, GraphDB, Azure Databricks Required • 4 years of Experience training LLMs with structured and unstructured data sets Required • 4 years of Experience with Machine Learning Required • 2 years of Experience with GIS spatial data Required • Ph.D. in a STEM field (Natural sciences, Computer Science, Statistics) Nice to have Please respond with your resume in MS Word format. Selected candidate will have complete background check. About Vector: Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to • • People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY www.vectorconsulting.com “Celebrating 30 years of service”