AWS Cloud Data Engineer

System One
McLean, VA, United States
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Airflow Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Business Analytics Applications Data as a Services Data Validation Information Engineering Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Migration Data Retention Data Security
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Data Visualization Data Warehousing Relational Databases Distributed Computing Environment Amazon DynamoDB Identity and Access Management JSON Python (Programming Language) PostgreSQL NoSQL Oracle (Applications) Power BI SQL Databases Tableau (Software) Workflow Management Systems Parquet Data Processing Apache Spark Reliability of Systems Git Cloudformation Containerization Data Lakes Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Information Technology Avro AWS Data Analytics Terraform Data Pipelines Docker

Job description

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and processing solutions within AWS cloud environments.

  • Partner with AWS Cloud DBAs and cross-functional teams to migrate data from legacy applications to AWS while ensuring performance, reliability, and security.

  • Develop ETL/ELT workflows to ingest, transform, and load data into data lakes, data warehouses, and analytical platforms.

  • Implement AWS data services, including S3, Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, Kinesis, EMR, Athena, Redshift, RDS, and Aurora.

  • Create and maintain data models, schemas, technical documentation, and data access patterns for transactional and analytical workloads.

  • Establish data quality checks, monitoring, alerting, governance controls, and compliance practices for data retention, privacy, and security requirements., System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

Requirements

  • Ability to obtain a Federal Public Trust clearance.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree.

  • Minimum of 6 years of data engineering experience, including at least 3 years in AWS cloud environments.

  • Strong experience with AWS data services, including S3, Glue, DMS, Athena, Redshift, EMR, Kinesis, and Lambda.

  • Proficiency in Python, Scala, or Java for data processing and pipeline development.

  • Experience with SQL, relational databases such as PostgreSQL or Oracle, and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB or DocumentDB.

  • Understanding of data modeling concepts for transactional and analytical workloads.

  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK, and CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills with a focus on data quality and system reliability.

NICE TO HAVE

  • AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate certification.

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect or other relevant AWS certifications.

  • Experience with Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, or AWS-native orchestration tools.

  • Knowledge of data formats such as JSON, Avro, Parquet, and ORC, including compression techniques for efficient storage and processing.

  • Familiarity with Git and collaborative development practices.

  • Knowledge of container technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, or EKS.

  • Experience with data visualization tools such as QuickSight, Tableau, or Power BI.

  • Understanding of data privacy regulations and compliance frameworks.

  • Experience tuning and optimizing distributed data processing systems.

  • Knowledge of networking, security, and IAM policies related to data engineering workflows.

About the company

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

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