AWS Solutions Architect/Developer

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced AWS Solutions Architect/Developer to support the DEAP data engineering program for the CFTC, involving high-volume data ingest pipelines and cloud-based migrations.

The role requires on-site presence in Washington, DC at least three days per week with two teleworking days, and a strong focus on AWS services, data migration, and ETL processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar discipline with 8+ years of experience or 6+ years with a Master’s or 3+ years with a PhD
• Familiar with AWS tools and services: Lambda, S3, Git, Azure DevOps, EC2, Step Functions, Hive, Glue, Spectrum, Athena, S3, SNS, SQS
• Strong experience with SQL, Python, XML, C# .Net
• Experience migrating data from on-prem SQL Server to cloud data warehouses (Redshift, RDS)
• ETL experience using AWS resources
• Experience with XML data exchange formats
• AWS Solutions Architect certified
• U.S. Citizen eligibility for Public Trust clearance
• Ability to work on-site at least 3 days/week in Washington, DC
• Preferred: active Public Trust or other clearance; Master's degree with 6+ years; microservices/distributed processing; high-volume pipelines in regulated environments; troubleshooting ingest failures and XML/FIXML transformations

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical lead for a small data engineering team responsible for DEAP ingest loaders
• Contribute as Agile team member for migrating data to AWS cloud and cloud databases
• Design, code, test and implement AWS cloud-based solutions
• Collaborate with customer and Peraton team on requirements and task estimation
• Perform data checks, code development and quality checks
• Plan, design and implement database solutions
• Perform system analysis, design and implementation
• Conduct code reviews and cloud deployments
• Provide regular progress updates within Agile framework and weekly reports

Skills

Data engineering

Team leadership

Agile methodologies

SQL

Python

XML handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar

Master’s degree or PhD considered

Tools

AWS

Lambda

S3

Git

Azure DevOps

EC2

Step Functions

Hive

Glue

Athena

Redshift

RDS

SQS

SNS

Job description

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar discipline and at least 8 years of experience or a minimum of 6 years experience with a Master’s degree or Minimum of 3 years with PhD
• Familiar with tools such as AWS, Lambda, S3, Git, Azure DevOps, EC2, Step Function, Hive, Glue, Spectrum, Athena, S3, SNS SQS
• Strong experience with databases and programming with SQL, Python, XML, C# .Net
• Strong experience in analyzing and designing data migration strategies to load data from on-perm data warehouse (SQL Server) to cloud data warehouse (Redshift and RDS).
• Experience in ETL process using AWS resources
• Working experience using XML data exchange message formats, required modifications, or extensions
• AWS Solutions Architect certified
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• Ability to work on-site at least 3 days a week in Washington, DC

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Public Trust or other active clearance
• Master’s degree in business, finance, computer science, statistics or related field and 6 years of experience
• Experience with microservices, distributed data processing, or event‑driven architectures.
• Prior experience supporting high‑volume data pipelines in a regulated environment.
• Experience with troubleshooting ingest failures, rule‑based validation systems, and XML/FIXML transformation workflows.

Peraton is looking to add an experienced AWS Solutions Architect/Developer to our ongoing development, maintenance, and data engineering team. We support the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Data Engineering and Processing (DEAP) project by providing analyses, solutions and maintenance of many processes that ingest financial market data used across multiple CFTC regulatory and analytical systems, including high‑volume, mission‑critical data ingest pipelines. These processes and the data ingested are critical to the mission of the CFTC. This position requires up to three (3) specific days onsite in the Washington DC facility and two (2) teleworking days per week.

What You Will Do:

• Serve in a technical lead role providing leadership for a small team of data engineers responsible for development, maintenance, and modernization of multiple DEAP ingest loaders.
• Serve as a member of an Agile team to provide engineering support and maintenance of services and processes that migrate and promote data and algorithms to the AWS cloud environment and supporting cloud databases.
• Design, code, test and implement AWS cloud-based solutions
• Work with the customer and Peraton team on requirements gathering and task estimation.
• Perform routine data checks, code development and quality checks.
• Perform database planning, design and implementation
• Perform systems analysis, design and implementation
• Perform code reviews and cloud deployments
• Provide regular status updates on progress both within the Agile framework and via weekly status reporting.

Work Location: Washington, DC