Data and Automation Engineer (Federal Grants AI Platform)

Data and Automation Engineer (Federal Grants AI Platform)

Location : Remote (U.S.), with occasional on-site meetings in the Washington, DC metropolitan area

Employment type: Full-time

Eligibility: U.S. citizenship required; must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust background investigation

About the role

Zenius is hiring a data and automation engineer to build and operate data pipelines, document processing, and workflow tools for a Federal grants oversight program. You will work with a small engineering team and with grants and audit specialists to turn large volumes of Federal records and documents into reliable data that people can review and act on. The work runs in a secure Federal cloud environment, so traceability, testing, and security are part of the job from the start.

What you will do

Build and maintain data pipelines that ingest, validate, and reconcile data from public Federal sources and client systems.
Develop document processing services that extract structured data from PDFs and other unstructured documents.
Build AI-enabled features that include human review, source citation, and quality checks.
Build workflow tools, dashboards, and reports for program staff and client stakeholders.
Implement logging, monitoring, automated testing, and security controls, and support the system's security authorization.
Document your work and deliver in short increments with the engineering and program teams.

What you bring

A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field and four or more years of relevant experience, or eight or more years of relevant experience in place of a degree.
Production experience building and operating data pipelines and document processing services in a Federal or other regulated cloud environment.
Strong Python and SQL, with experience in pipeline orchestration tools and relational databases.
Experience building applications that use large language models or other AI services, with human review built in.
Sound engineering habits: version control, CI/CD, automated testing, code review, and clear written documentation.
U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a Federal Public Trust background investigation.

Nice to have

Experience in a FedRAMP environment such as Azure Government or AWS GovCloud, and familiarity with NIST SP 800-53 controls.
Section 508 accessible dashboard development.
Prior work on a Federal grants, audit, or financial management system.
A current or prior Federal suitability determination or security clearance.

About Zenius

Zenius Corporation is a HUBZone-certified small business headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia. Since 2015, we have supported Federal agencies with grants management, program and project management, independent verification and validation, financial management, acquisition support, and digital modernization services. Zenius has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Financial Times list of the Americas' fastest-growing companies. We are a small team that values judgment, craftsmanship, and direct accountability to the client.

Zenius Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.