Advisory AI Data Specialist (FDE Unit)

Within the Forward Deployment Engineering (FDE) Unit, the Advisory AI Data Specialist is the data expert who makes customer data ready for AI and GenAI workloads. You focus on removing data bottlenecks so FDE Units can move quickly from concept to live, value-generating AI workloads on Dell infrastructure. You will work with customer teams to map data landscapes, build integrations and pipelines, and configure governance and access controls so that data used in proofs of value is secure, compliant, and scalable to production. Join us to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact as an Advisory AI Data Specialist on our Forward Deployment Engineering (FDE) Team in Remote - New England.

What You’ll Achieve

Lead data readiness assessments to understand what data is available, how it is used, and how it can support AI use cases
Build and improve data pipelines and integrations that deliver AI-ready data for AI and GenAI workloads
Design and configure governance and compliance controls that enable secure and compliant use of data for AI
Help ensure that PoV data flows are designed with production scale, performance, and operations in mind
Partner with AI Architects, AI Strategists, and customer stakeholders to align data work with overall AI priorities and operating models

You Will:

Lead data readiness assessments for FDE engagements, including cataloging data assets, ownership, quality, accessibility, and AI suitability
Perform hands-on data integration and transformation work to prepare AI-ready datasets for PoV and production solutions
Design and configure data governance and compliance controls (e.g., access control, sensitive data handling, retention, auditability) in line with regulatory and organizational needs
Define integration patterns and pipelines that deliver AI-ready data with appropriate security, risk, and privacy controls
Ensure PoV pipelines are production-aware from the start, including patterns for monitoring, reliability, performance, and maintainability
Collaborate closely with AI Architects to align data flows with the AI software stack and avoid data-related blockers
Work with AI Strategists and customer stakeholders to align data work with AI governance frameworks, operating models, and stewardship processes
Contribute to documentation such as data flow diagrams, data catalogs, governance artifacts, and runbooks for AI data operations
Coach customer data engineers and platform teams on building and maintaining AI-ready data pipelines and governance practices

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Essential Requirements

Typically, 3-8 or more years in data engineering, analytics platforms, or AI data roles within large or complex organizations.
Experience running data readiness assessments and preparing data for analytics or AI use cases.
Hands-on skills in building data integrations and ETL/ELT processes and transforming raw data into AI-ready formats.
Experience configuring data governance and compliance controls for secure and compliant use of data, including sensitive data.
Proven ability to scale data pipelines from pilot to production while maintaining performance, reliability, and compliance.
Clear written and verbal communication skills to explain data flows, governance decisions, and operational requirements to technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to travel to customer sites and Dell locations as needed, in line with business requirements and applicable laws and Dell policies.

Desirable Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data/Information Management, Engineering or a related field.
Experience delivering production data pipelines and integrations for analytics or AI/ML use cases.
Familiarity with modern data platforms ETL/ELT tooling & AI/ML-related patterns (feature stores vectorization RAG-related flows).
Experience collaborating with security compliance architecture & business stakeholders on initiatives.

Compensation

Dell is committed to fair & equitable compensation practices. Total Target Compensation range: $286450 - $370700 including base salary & commissions.

Benefits & Perks at Dell Technologies

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Who we are

We believe each of us has power to make impact putting team members at center of everything we do. Grow your career here among best minds & advanced tech. Dell Technologies helps individuals & organizations transform how they work live play. Join us build future that works because Progress Takes All Of Us. Committed equal employment opportunity providing discrimination-free environment. Read full EEO Policy here. Job ID: R287598