Data Engineer with Security Clearance

Modus21, LLC.; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Modus21, LLC. is seeking a Data Engineer with AWS Glue expertise to support a large-scale data migration from a legacy system to a modern application for a DoD-related program.

You will design, build, and maintain data pipelines ensuring data integrity and secure, compliant migration. The role requires 8+ years in data engineering, Sec+ and AWS certifications, strong SQL, DevSecOps, and CI/CD mastery, with capability to work with remote stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BA/BS/MS degree in related area.
• Minimum of eight (8) years experience in a data engineering role.
• Required Sec+ Certification
• Required AWS Cloud Practitioner Foundations Certification
• Hands-on expertise with AWS Cloud (EC2, S3, Lambda, Redshift, IAM) and AWS Glue
• Strong proficiency with SQL and scripting languages
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and CI/CD best practices for data pipelines
• Strong presentation, customer interfacing, and experience working remotely (by phone, virtually, etc.)
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills
• Must be a US citizen and hold or be able to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) TOP SECRET Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain AWS Glue pipelines to support large-scale data transformations
• Implement data mapping, transformation, and validation processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality
• Collaborate with requirements, development, architecture, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable data solutions
• Provide technical leadership on AWS services (Glue, Lambda, Redshift, S3) to optimize data processing
• Troubleshoot and optimize data ingestion and transformation jobs for performance and scalability
• Develop and maintain documentation for migration processes, workflows, and data models
• Provide technical support during testing, validation and cutover activities
• Ensure compliance with DoD data handling, security, and governance standards

Skills

Data engineering

AWS Glue

SQL

Scripting languages

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Communication

Collaboration

Remote work experience

Presentation skills

Education

BA/BS/MS degree in related area

Tools

AWS Glue

AWS Lambda

Amazon Redshift

Amazon S3

IAM

Job description

Modus21 is a Charleston, South Carolina based business and technology consulting firm specializing in solving complex business problems for global business and government clients. Our philosophy is simple – provide value to our clients through the ability to streamline, measure, and improve their business processes via business intelligence and business architecture. Our expertise has proven highly successful in helping organizations recognize greater value by aligning their strategy and objectives to technology and execution. Scope of Work: The Navy Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case Execution Modernization Initiative (CEMI) will provide the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Foreign Nationals the enterprise case management system replacement for MISIL. The CEMI will serve as the case execution capability to comprehensively and efficiently access, integrate, manage, track, evaluate, and transfer case execution, logistics, requisition, procurement, contracting, funding, financial, accounting, and services data across the FMS community activities. Modus21, LLC is developing the Sea Services Security Assistance Logistics and Execution (S3ALE) application as part of a systems-of-systems solution to replace the obsolete MISIL system.

Summary of role

The Data Engineer with expertise in AWS Glue will be supporting a large-scale data migration effort from a legacy system to a modern application. This role will focus on designing, building, and maintaining data pipelines to ensure data integrity and quality and enable secure, efficient migration in compliance with DoD requirements. As a member of the Data Migration team, the Data Engineer will be working collaboratively to deliver a scalable and reliable solution that supports mission objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain of AWS Glue pipelines to support large-scale data transformations
• Implement data mapping, transformation, and validation processes to ensure accuracy, consistency, and quality
• Collaborate with requirements, development, architecture, and infrastructure teams and key stakeholders to deliver reliable data solution that align with overarching data strategies
• Provide technical leadership on AWS Services (e.g. Glue, Lambda, Redshift, S3) to optimize data processing and integration
• Troubleshoot and optimize data ingestion and transformation jobs for performance and scalability
• Develop and maintain documentation for migration processes, workflows, and data models
• Provide technical support during testing, validation and cutover activities
• Ensure compliance with DoD data handling, security, and governance standards

Requirements/Experience

• BA/BS/MS degree in related area
• Minimum of eight (8) years experience in a data engineering role
• Required Sec+ Certification
• Required AWS Cloud Practitioner Foundations Certification
• Hands-on expertise with AWS Cloud (EC2, S3, Lambda, Redshift, IAM) and AWS Glue
• Strong proficiency with SQL and scripting languages
• Strong understanding of DevSecOps and CI/CD best practices for data pipelines
• Strong presentation, customer interfacing, and experience working remotely (by phone, virtually, etc.)
• Strong collaboration, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills
• Must be a US citizen and hold or be able to obtain a Department of Defense (DoD) TOP SECRET Security Clearance