Bridge Data Systems Engineer (IMC00881)

This position combines IT and civil engineering expertise. As a subject-matter expert, the engineer supports the development, maintenance, and administration of the BIP and Bridge Management Program (BMP) enterprise databases—ensuring data integrity, security, and availability; optimizing queries and stored procedures; and supporting legacy data conversion.

The role also includes on-site safety inspections of bridges, culverts, and tunnels; updating inspection reports; evaluating structural data; and developing repair recommendations

Work Location: Onsite in Ashburn, VA, Monday – Friday, EST.

Basic Required Qualifications and Skills:  Note: These are mandatory items that all candidates must have when submitting an application to IMC for this position. Please ensure that your submission addresses each of these requirement items. Candidates without these required elements will not be considered.

• Minimum of 4 years of experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Access, Oracle, Crystal Reports, Power BI, GIS tools, or related database/reporting technologies.  
• Ability to:
  • Analyze complex data, document findings, prepare technical reports or data products, and communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders. 
  • Work effectively in a government-contractor environment and comply with customer policies, security/access requirements, and established quality control processes. 
• Expert knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint). 
• Experience with data architecture, data management, data analysis, IT process reengineering, systems analysis, design, and implementation, and data modeling. 
• Hands-on experience with data migration/integration of multiple data sources into a single repository and data analysis. 
• Familiarity with reporting/hoc analysis tools such as Tableau and Power BI. 
• Ability to obtain and maintain NBIS Team Leader qualifications. 
• Knowledge of bridge inspection process, inspection data, quality assurance/quality control practices, and applicable safety practices. 
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to document technical processes, inspection findings, decisions, and recommendations. 
• Demonstrated ability to review bridge inspection reports, interpret structural analysis information, and develop or support repair recommendations. 
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time for bridge inspection trips. 
• Ability to operate bridge inspection access equipment and vehicles. 
• Pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• All applicants must be able to obtain/maintain a Public Trust clearance.    

Desired Qualifications and Skills:  It is desirable that the candidate have the following qualifications:

• Experience with bridge management or asset management systems, such as AASHTOWare Bridge Management (BrM), PONTIS, Bentley AssetWise, or comparable platforms.
• NBIS Team Leader qualification.
• Experience conducting or supporting on-site inspections of bridges, culverts, tunnels, or comparable civil infrastructure assets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: This position will include, but is not limited to, the following tasks:

• Create reports/dashboards leveraging Power BI. 
• Perform data cleansing and standardization (e.g., removing duplicates, sanitization), assess data quality, and eliminate irrelevant data to identify and interpret data patterns and trends.
• Plan and execute data migration strategies from legacy systems to modern databases.
• Assess data repositories for compliance with data governance policies and standards. 
• Design, implement, test, optimize, and maintain database queries, stored procedures, data structures, and related database functions.
• Routinely collaborate with IT and software vendors to install, patch, update, and test application code and databases.
• Support the conversion, validation, migration, and reconciliation of legacy bridge and structural asset data.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to system users; document requests, actions, and resolutions in the applicable support process.
• Support development and maintenance of reporting products and data used by BIP, BMP, and customer stakeholders.
• Administer role-based access controls, profiles, and privileges to ensure compliance with FHWA security protocols.
• Research, compile, analyze, and evaluate bridge inspection and management data to produce useful program information, reports, and decision support.
• Participate in change management, configuration control, quality assurance, and documentation activities associated with databases, data products, reports, and related systems.
• Travel up to 25% of the time to various facilities throughout the United States for the purpose of conducting safety inspections of bridges, culverts, tunnels, and related structural assets.
• Apply knowledge of bridge and tunnel inspection processes and applicable National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) and National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) requirements to support accurate, defensible, and complete program data.
• Prepare comprehensive BIP reports complete with photographic logs, executive summaries, structural review data, and prioritized repair recommendations. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Salary and Benefits Information: Please see the salary information listed at the beginning of this document, which is not a guarantee of compensation or salary. All salaries will be based on relevant experience, geographic location, and position and/or contractual requirements, which could fall outside of the listed range. 

Full-time positions at IMC are eligible to participate in any or all of the benefit programs offered, including 401(k) with a 3% employer match, paid time off, paid holidays, FSA spending, dental, vision, health insurance, company-sponsored AD&D, and life insurance. Additional voluntary benefits are offered, such as voluntary life, AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital, and pet insurance.  Benefits are subject to change.  Positions at IMC may also be eligible for a bonus and/or other incentives.

For more information about IMC’s benefits, please visit our website at https://www.imcva.com/about-imc/careers