Senior Data and Application Engineer

Overview

KAIROS, Inc is searching for an energetic, experienced, and highly motivated Senior Data and Application Engineer to join our team. This position will be onsite in St. Inigoes, MD with teleworking opportunity. Established in July 2013, KAIROS, Inc. is a growing Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) providing full life cycle Cybersecurity, Program Management, Engineering, Logistics, Additive Manufacturing, and Training and Education services focused on optimizing customers’ program performance and mission through proven methodologies and ethical practices.

Our headquarters is in California, MD near Naval Air Station Patuxent River. We offer competitive salaries and benefits with outstanding growth potential.

The Senior Data and Application Engineer will participate and provide engineering SME support during the continuous development, hardware engineering, software engineering, data engineering, AI engineering efforts aligned to the latest KAIROS Enterprise Platforms and Data (EPAD) technology roadmap and DoD customer base. These efforts include optimization, development, and integration of various customer hardware and software technology stacks as well as the integration of new customer-requested subsystems operating on NIPR, SIPR, and/or JWICS networks.

This role focuses on managing, automating, and improving each customer’s technology platform as well as continuously delivering enterprise platform, data, and AI engineering solutions necessary to rapidly develop, deliver, test, and/or scale new enterprise capabilities. Additionally, this role includes continuously developing, delivering, optimizing, and expanding existing data analytics capabilities using automated data pipelines and software applications that enable decision advantage.

• Data and application engineering using existing enterprise architecture:
  • Provide data engineering, data automation, and automated data mapping capabilities that will be used to power a series of software applications
  • Provide application engineering support necessary to deliver enterprise applications and required data analytics to achieve customer decision advantage
  • Deliver secure, scalable, and modular platform architecture that is optimized for DoD enterprise data automation, AI model deployment, and continuous feature updates across a global network of priority data platforms and/or customer-owned systems
  • Drive process standardization and platform improvements based on data analytics, performance metrics, and industry best practices.
• Technology Leadership:
  • Lead multi-disciplinary hardware, software, AI, and data engineering teams focused on delivering capabilities and features described on the latest KAIROS EPAD technology roadmap.
  • Recommend and implement cutting-edge technologies and methodologies to improve KAIROS data automation processes and platform capabilities.
• Process Optimization and Automation:
  • Identify areas for process improvement, focusing on automation powered by optimized software applications and data automation capabilities across all KAIROS technology stack components.
  • Continuously innovate new software application data engineering, and AI capabilities focused on delivering a seamless, secure, scalable, and cost-effective suite of KAIROS software and data automation products.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  • Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and product teams to ensure successful design and implementation of enterprise platform and data-automation solutions across various applications.
  • Work closely with supply chain and operations teams to ensure material availability, cost efficiency, and process sustainability.
  • Lead training programs and knowledge sharing initiatives to build internal expertise.
• Quality and Compliance:
  • Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards and cybersecurity regulations.
  • Implement rigorous quality assurance and control protocols to ensure the production of reliable and high-quality data, AI, and platform engineering products.
• Project Management:
  • Lead KAIROS EPAD development projects from concept through execution, including project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and reporting.
  • Coordinate with…