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Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineer
Job no: 5109722
Work type: Full-Time (Salaried)
Location: Richmond (City), Virginia
Categories: Information Technology
Title: Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineer
State Role Title: Info Technology Specialist I
Hiring Range: $70,000-$90,000
Pay Band: 4
Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop
Location: Central Office
Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
The Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking two (2) motivated individuals to serve as Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineers. These positions will support development and maintenance of cloud-based data engineering and AI workflows, assist in building data pipelines, develop scripts, support AWS-Snowflake integrations, maintain basic AI workflow components, and participate in CI/CD, and cloud deployment processes.
Additional responsibilities include:
• Support development of cloud-based data workflows using AWS services.
• Assist in building data pipelines using AWS Lambda, Glue, and Kinesis.
• Develop scripts or small applications using Python.
• Support integration between AWS and Snowflake for data processes.
• Assist in basic AI workflow development such as embeddings or retrieval tasks.
• Support cloud deployments, CI/CD pipelines, and troubleshooting cloud applications.
Minimum Qualifications
• Experience developing cloud-native code using Python or Node.js.
• Experience developing and maintaining solutions using AWS services such as Lambda, S3 and Glue.
• Experience in integrating applications with Snowflake and/or building applications using Snowflake Cortex (CoCo) or Streamlit.
• Experience writing and executing complex SQL queries for data retrieval, transformation, and validation.
• Experience building or maintaining data ingestion and transformation workflows in data lake or Lakehouse architecture.
• Experience using open source healthcare integration engines used to move and transform clinical data between systems like MIRTH Connect or Rhapsody or Cloverleaf or Iguana.
Additional Considerations
• Familiarity with API Gateway and Step Functions.
• Familiarity with Generative AI applications development using RAG and vector databases.
• Active AWS and/or Snowflake certifications.
Special Instructions
You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to "Your Application" in your account to check the status of your application for this position.
This position is eligible, however not guaranteed, for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.
For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online application and/or submit a resume. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 11:55 p.m., on the listed closing date. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.
DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.
For any technical assistance with the jobs.virginia.gov website, please contact applicantinquiry@dhrm.virginia.gov.
Contact Information
Name: ShaKiera Miles
Phone: N/A
Email: shakiera.miles@dbhds.virginia.gov - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.
In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.
Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.
Advertised: 18 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 25 Aug 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
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