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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Data Engineer - **Company:** United States Pharmacopeia - **Location:** Rockville, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $112,700.0 - $146,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Information Systems, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Files, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Structures, Data Warehousing, Relational Databases, DevOps, Dimensional Modeling, Distributed Data Store, Github, Python (Programming Language), Meta-Data Management, Scrum Methodology, Query Optimization, Power BI, Scaled Agile Framework, Shell Script, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Data Logging, Delivery Pipeline, Apache Spark, Cloudformation, Data Lakes, Pyspark, Core Data, Information Technology, Data Lineage, Collibra, Star Schema, Bitbucket, Oracle Ebusiness, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.biospace.com/logon?PipelinedPage=%2Fjob%2F3070315%2Fsenior-data-engineer%3FAction%3DContinueJobApplication%23application-form ## About the Role The successful candidate will have a demonstrated understanding of our mission, commitment to excellence through inclusive and equitable behaviors and practices, ability to quickly build credibility with stakeholders, along with the following competencies and experience: * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience. * Minimum 7+ years of data engineering experience, with strong expertise in AWS services and hands-on work with big data and distributed data technologies in the AWS cloud environment. * Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with experience in PySpark/Spark. * Hands-on experience building and operating data pipelines on AWS (Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, Athena, SNS, SQS, Redshift etc.). * Demonstrated experience with event-driven pipeline architectures. * Experience ingesting and processing vendor-supplied data files on a scale. * Practical experience implementing Medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture in a data lake or Lakehouse environment. * Experience with Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning. * Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g., Bitbucket, GitHub, AWS CodePipeline) for data pipeline deployments. * Strong grasp of data warehousing concepts (star schema, dimensional modeling, SCD). * Experience in integrating data with Microsoft Power BI or similar BI tools. * Experience with UNIX/Linux including basic commands and shell scripting. * Production experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and on-call support for data pipelines. * Experience with Agile engineering practices. Additional Desired Preferences * Hands-on integration experience with Oracle EBS as a data source. * Experience with data quality frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, dbt tests). * Experience with AWS CDK or CloudFormation in addition to Terraform. * Knowledge of data catalog and data lineage tools (ex. Alation, Collibra). * AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Data Engineer, AWS Certified Solutions Architect). ## Description We are seeking a high-energy, hands-on Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, production-grade data pipelines across our AWS-based data platform. This role will own end-to-end pipeline delivery-from enterprise system ingestion to creating analytics-ready datasets-while working closely with Data Architects, Analytics teams, and business stakeholders. You will play a key role in ensuring high-quality, trusted data is accessible across the organization to support analytics and strategic decision-making. As part of our core data platform team, you will contribute to the continued evolution of our AWS Lakehouse architecture and help shape best practices. How will YOU create impact here at USP? As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards. Additionally, USP's People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments., Data Pipeline Development: Design, develop, and maintain scalable ELT pipelines with reusable ingestion frameworks supporting batch and event-driven workflows across diverse sources including ERPs, APIs, vendor files, and relational databases. AWS Cloud Data Engineering: Build and optimize AWS-native data pipelines implementing a Medallion Lakehouse architecture with a focus on performance and cost efficiency. Infrastructure, CI/CD & DevOps: Provision and manage AWS infrastructure via Terraform, maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitOps practices, automated testing, logging, alerting, and recovery mechanisms for production systems. Data Modeling & Transformation: Design and implement dimensional models, Gold-layer datasets, and scalable vendor file ingestion patterns using SQL, Python, and PySpark, with robust handling of schema drift, audit tracking, and query optimization through partitioning, clustering, and materialization strategies. Data Quality & Governance: Implement automated data validation, anomaly detection, and lineage tracking within pipelines while supporting metadata management. Reporting & Power BI Support: Troubleshoot and resolve complex data issues while ensuring pipelines deliver data in formats optimized for Power BI, collaborating with Power BI developers to align data structures with reporting requirements and resolve dashboard-related data issues. 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