Secure AWS Data Lake Engineer (TS/SCI) – On-Site

NorthHill Technology Resources; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthHill Technology Resources is seeking an experienced AWS MDM / Big Data Engineer to join a high-security, on-site data engineering team supporting a mission-critical program. You will design secure data lakes, build metadata catalogs, and create ETL pipelines in AWS for governed datasets.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance and residency within commuting distance of Herndon, VA, or alternate secure locations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data engineering with hands-on AWS delivery.
• Experience with data ingestion, transformation, catalogs, and lake architectures.
• Strong understanding of data governance and secure access controls.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience in highly controlled environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve AWS data lakes using S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation.
• Build and maintain metadata catalogs, schema ingestion, and data discovery.
• Create ETL/ELT pipelines and optimize data access for analytics workloads.
• Implement fine-grained data governance and attribute-based access controls.

Skills

Data engineering

AWS

Data governance

Security controls

Tools

Athena

OpenSearch

EMR

Job description

NorthHill Technology Resources is seeking an experienced AWS MDM / Big Data Engineer to join a high-security, on-site data engineering team supporting a mission-critical program. You will design secure data lakes, build metadata catalogs, and create ETL pipelines in AWS for governed datasets.

The role requires TS/SCI clearance and residency within commuting distance of Herndon, VA, or alternate secure locations.