Senior Data Engineer – Databricks / AWS

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# Senior Data Engineer - Databricks / AWS

Location: Remote, however the position supports a federal agency and you MUST reside near one of the following locations, OR will relocate. What location do you reside near? Lanham, MD; Martinsburg, WV; Memphis, TN; Washington, DC; Austin TX or Dallas, TX.

Salary based on technical experience and technical interview

Employment Type: Full-Time

## Position Overview

Seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support enterprise data platform initiatives in a federal environment. This role will focus on designing, developing, and optimizing Databricks-based data solutions within AWS cloud environments.

The ideal candidate will be a Databricks SME with experience building scalable, secure, and high-performance data pipelines supporting mission-critical systems.

## Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement **data pipelines and data lakehouse architectures** using Databricks and AWS
• Optimize performance of large-scale **distributed data processing workloads**
• Implement **data governance, security, and access controls**
• Integrate data across enterprise systems and cloud services
• Collaborate with architects and stakeholders on **data strategy and platform design**

## Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
• Strong experience in AWS Cloud technologies and/or Databricks
• Experience managing complex, interrelated application development and testing tasks
• Knowledge of tax processing, tax compliance, case management, and taxpayer data preferred
• Responsible for technical quality and coordination with government technical leads
• Advanced Cloud and/or Databricks certifications preferred

## Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering
• 3-5+ years of hands-on Databricks experience
• Strong experience with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Lambda, etc.)
• Experience with ETL/ELT proce...