Amentum is seeking a Software Engineer to join our team of passionate individuals supporting our federal customer in Springfield, VA. The Geospatial Enterprise Open Data Store (GEODS) contract provides integration, design, development, and sustainment for data services in support of the Federal Government.

Developers on GEODS design and implement new custom features that solve unique problems, optimize legacy capabilities, and deliver enterprise-level data services. In this role, you will directly shape the evolution of the GEODS Catalog ecosystem and drive integration of advanced AI/ML solutions to enhance discovery, classification, and accessibility of mission-critical data.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary technical SME for AI capabilities supporting the GEODS Data Catalog, focusing on automated metadata enrichment, semantic similarity search, vector indexing, entity extraction, and large-scale inference across heterogeneous geospatial datasets
• Lead the design and development of AI/ML features supporting metadata enrichment, entity extraction, content classification, and semantic match
• Develop and integrate vector search, embeddings, RAG pipelines, and ML inference components into GEODS catalog services
• Prepare and produce releases of software components
• Support formal testing and resolution of defects
• Provide technical support and consultation for application and infrastructure defects and questions
• Provide SME-level guidance to junior/mid-level developers, including technical reviews and mentoring
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Architects, and Product Management on catalog roadmap items

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience with software development using SAFe or similar Agile methodologies, to include working with Scrum Masters and/or Product Owners to decompose high level requirements into actionable user stories
• Master’s degree plus 4 years experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years experience, Associates degree plus 12 years experience, or a minimum of 15 years experience, in relevant field
• Active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a Poly
• Minimum of 6 years with the following: coding in Python or another language, DevSecOps and CI/CD (specifically utilizing GitLab or similar Git repository), Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (such as Terraform), Container and Orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Strong experience with AWS, including EC2, DynamoDB, ECS, SQS/SNS, IAM, Lambda, and CDK
• Strong experience with AI/ML, including at least one of the following:

o Embedding models (sentence-transformers, Titan, SageMaker JumpStart models)
o RAG pipelines
o Vector stores (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Pinecone-like services)
o Metadata extraction and NLP pipelines
o Batch/stream interface

• Experience designing scalable APIs and backend services

Preferred:

• Cloud certification(s), preferably from AWS, OCI or Google Cloud
• Familiarity with AI/ML, specifically Amazon SageMaker
• Experience integrating AI into enterprise catalog systems
• React or other front-end experience supporting AI-driven UI enhancements
• Previous database experience, specifically Apache Solr
• Experience with Atlassian suite, specifically Jira and Confluence
• Previous experience supporting NGA

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Pay: $190,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) 6% Match
• Caregiver leave
• Dental insurance
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Family leave
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Prescription drug insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Software Development: 6 years (Required)

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

Work Location: In person