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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Pyramid Consulting Inc.
- **Location:** Falls Church, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $114,400.0 - $124,800.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Database, Computer Programming, Information Engineering, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, Distributed Computing Environment, Cloud Services, Unstructured Data, Data Processing, Pyspark, AWS Data Analytics, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/d9e88958-c3cc-4dfa-b11c-c90ba70abb8c/data-engineer

## About the Role

* 5+ years of strong hands-on experience with PySpark.
 * 5+ years of strong programming experience in Scala.
 * 5+ years of strong experience with AWS cloud services and data engineering.
 * Experience building and supporting production-grade data pipelines.
 * Good understanding of distributed data processing and cloud data architecture.

## Description

Job DescriptionImmediate need for a talented Data Engineer. This is a 06+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Mclean, VA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested., * Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines using PySpark and Scala.

 * Design and implement data processing solutions on AWS.
 * Build efficient ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale structured and unstructured data.
 * Optimize PySpark/Scala jobs for performance, scalability, and reliability.
 * Work with AWS data services and cloud-based data architectures.
 * Perform data transformation, cleansing, validation, and integration.
 * Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and improve overall system performance.
 * Collaborate with data architects, analysts, developers, and business stakeholders.
 * Follow best practices for data quality, security, monitoring, and governance.