Data Consultant III

About the role

This position is responsible for developing, governing, and improving the data and knowledge foundations that support AI capabilities. The individual in this role will work with structured and unstructured data to ensure information is defined, organized, and governed for AI consumption. This role helps establish standards and guidelines for how operational knowledge and other contextual assets are curated for trusted model use.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain data and knowledge assets for AI use-cases.
• Define and apply standards for how documentation, configurations, telemetry, and metadata are prepared for AI consumption.
• Partner with subject matter experts to understand network technologies and operational context.
• Design and implement scalable methods for storing, governing, indexing, and retrieving context assets.
• Establish and improve controls to identify and reduce data, metadata, and knowledge quality issues.
• Contribute to data quality remediation efforts by identifying upstream sources of issues and defining corrective actions.
• Define and maintain expectations for data ownership, lineage, freshness, stewardship, and governance.
• Build and enhance pipelines, transformations, and validation routines to improve data quality and accessibility.
• Support the creation of reusable templates and guidance for knowledge artifacts.
• Work with engineering, architecture, and operations teams to align data practices with enterprise controls.
• Monitor and communicate the health, readiness, and quality of AI-relevant data and knowledge assets.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of data and knowledge management practices.

Requirements

• Experience engineering and managing both structured and unstructured data for analytics, automation, or AI solutions.
• Understanding of data modeling, transformation, storage, and retrieval patterns for scalable data pipelines.
• Ability to define and apply standards for preparing data, documents, and operational context for AI consumption.
• Experience establishing data quality controls, validation checks, and monitoring approaches.
• Knowledge of preventative and detective controls for data quality and knowledge management issues.
• Experience with knowledge sources such as documentation, standards, policies, configurations, and operational records.
• Ability to translate network operational knowledge into usable data and knowledge assets.
• Working understanding of network technologies, infrastructure concepts, and operational service models.
• Experience defining data ownership, lineage, freshness, and governance expectations in a regulated environment.
• Familiarity with AI and retrieval-oriented data preparation concepts.
• Ability to design scalable approaches for storing, governing, and retrieving data assets.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working across engineering, architecture, operations, and governance stakeholders.
• Written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working in a complex environment with evolving priorities.
• Organizational discipline and attention to detail.

Skills

• Experience with data modeling, transformation, and storage.
• Knowledge of data quality controls and monitoring.
• Ability to translate operational knowledge into data assets.
• Experience with network technologies and operational service models.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

The pay for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The role is offered on a hybrid schedule, with a mix of remote and in-office work.