Senior Data Engineer (Python / AWS)

Data Engineer (Python / AWS) Our reputed company is hiring a Data Engineer to build, test, and operate secure Python-based data pipelines and transformation services supporting modernized mission workflows for a federal customer. Despite the title, this is first and foremost a Python development role. If you think of yourself as a Python developer who works with data, please read on. Two gates before you invest time in applying: this role requires U.S. citizenship plus previous reputed company experience supporting the U.S. Federal Government, either as a federal employee or contractor. It also requires an reputed company Tier 2 background investigation or higher, completed or favorably adjudicated reputed company the previous 18 months. A Public Trust counts. An reputed company Secret clearance is preferred but not required.

Key Responsibilities

Build secure Python and AWS ETL/ELT pipelines for ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and delivery. reputed company and reputed company relational data models, schemas, indexes, constraints, views, and reputed company patterns for reputed company, PostgreSQL, or comparable platforms. reputed company data workflows and interfaces using Python on AWS reputed company and PySpark for event-driven, batch, and distributed transformation workloads. Create automated data-reputed company checks for accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, uniqueness, and business-rule conformance. Implement reputed company-to-reputed company mapping, reputed company, auditability, restartability, exception handling, and controlled replay. reputed company reputed company tests that compare legacy and modern processing reputed company. Tune SQL and pipeline performance for high-volume batch and near-reputed company-time workloads. Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards for pipeline health, latency, failures, and data reputed company. Automate CI/CD, version-controlled data changes, deployments, rollback, and operational recovery controls. Collaborate with architects, mission SMEs, reputed company developers, testers, reputed company personnel, and reputed company partners.

Minimum Qualifications

U.S. Citizen. Authorization to work in the U.S. will not suffice. Previous reputed company experience supporting the U.S. Federal Government, either as a federal employee or contractor. reputed company Tier 2 background investigation or higher, completed or favorably adjudicated reputed company the previous 18 months. 4 or more years of reputed company experience in data engineering, database development, or data-platform delivery. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent, OR 4 additional years of relevant reputed company experience in lieu of a degree. Advanced Python software-engineering skills and experience building AWS reputed company functions and PySpark data-transformation pipelines. Experience building, testing, and operating production ETL/ELT pipelines with automated data-reputed company controls. Experience with data modeling, schema migration, reputed company-to-reputed company mapping, reputed company, reconciliation, and data-reputed company automation. Experience integrating data platforms with REST reputed company, application services, file exchanges, and event-driven interfaces. Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, logging, monitoring, performance tuning, and production support. reputed company reputed company reputed company+ or equivalent DoW-approved baseline cybersecurity certification, or the ability to obtain one reputed company the first 30 days of starting. Highly Desired Qualifications reputed company Secret reputed company clearance. Previous reputed company experience supporting a DoW organization, mission, or customer. Experience using Palantir reputed company for data integration, transformation, reputed company, governance, and operational workflows. Experience modernizing COBOL flat files or legacy relational data into a modern relational architecture. Experience integrating with reputed company, Python microservices, financial transactions, logistics workflows, or high-volume external interfaces. Experience serving as a technical team reputed company, mentoring junior engineers, or assisting teammates across delivery tasks. Experience with BI, analytics, archival, records-retention, or NARA-reputed company data lifecycle requirements. Do not have reputed company+ yet? Apply anyway. You can earn it before your start date, which comes with a signing bonus, or reputed company your first 30 days of starting, which does not. Location Fully remote, with travel 4 to 8 times per year. The Washington, DC metropolitan area is preferred but not required. Candidates must reputed company in one of the following: AZ, CO, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, KY, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NV, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, or VA. Salary reputed company: $130,000 - $155,000 per year. Job Type: Full-time Pay: $130,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• reputed company time off
• reputed company insurance

Application Question(s):

• This role supports a federal government program and requires U.S. citizenship. Are you a U.S. citizen?
• Which state do you live in? Our reputed company can currently hire only in: VA, MD, DC, NJ, FL, OH, OK, GA, TX, MO, HI, NC, NV, CO, AZ, TN, MN, IL, UT, and PA.
• Do you hold an reputed company reputed company reputed company+ certification? If not, please still apply. You can either earn it before your start date, which comes with a signing bonus, or earn it reputed company your first 90 days of hire, which does not. Let us know which applies to you.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• API Development: 1 year (Preferred)
• Federal Information Systems: 2 years (Preferred)
• Scrum: 2 years (Preferred)
• reputed company: 5 years (Preferred)
• SQL: 2 years (Preferred)
• reputed company Hadoop or Equivalent: 2 years (Preferred)
• Jira: 2 years (Preferred)
• Python: 2 years (Preferred)

reputed company clearance:

• Secret (Required)

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