Junior Cloud Data & AI Engineer at Virginia Information Technologies Agency - DHRM
Richmond (City)
$70,000–$90,000from the description
Aug 17, 2026
Richmond (City)
Aug 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Virginia state government agency is hiring two entry-level engineers to support cloud-based data engineering and AI workflows. Day-to-day work centers on building and maintaining AWS data pipelines, integrating AWS with Snowflake, writing Python scripts, and assisting with CI/CD and cloud deployments. The role also involves clinical data integration using healthcare messaging engines and basic AI workflow components such as embeddings and retrieval tasks.
Junior level · Richmond, VA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1 people in the Richmond, VA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1–1
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $136,712 (middle half $123,109–$168,547). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role sits at the intersection of data pipeline engineering (AWS/Snowflake ETL, data lake/lakehouse) and light software development (Python scripting, CI/CD), making the SOC classification a genuine toss-up between 15-1243 Database Architects and 15-1252 Software Developers; 15-1243 was chosen because data pipeline and lakehouse architecture work is the dominant described activity.
Python is listed as the primary language under Minimum Qualifications with Node.js as an alternative phrasing ('Python or Node.js'); both are captured under one skill with Node.js as the alternative.
Snowflake Cortex (CoCo) and Streamlit appear together as interchangeable options for the Snowflake integration requirement; Streamlit is captured as an alternative.
MIRTH Connect, Rhapsody, Cloverleaf, and Iguana are listed as interchangeable healthcare integration engines; MIRTH Connect is the primary with the others as alternatives.
Telework is described as possible but not guaranteed, so remote is marked false.
No minimum total years of experience are stated in the posting; the Junior framing and entry-level scope are consistent with 0–2 years.
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