Senior Data Engineering and Architecture Delivery Consultant

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Delivery Consultant specializing in Data Engineering & Architecture to design, build, and optimize data architectures and platforms for federal, state, local government customers, and national security programs.

This customer-facing role requires US citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance. You will mentor teams, drive data modernization strategies, and deliver secure, scalable cloud data solutions using AWS services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience.
• Experience with SQL, Python, schema definition, and software engineering best practices including secure, testable, and maintainable code.
• Understanding of distributed systems, data integration techniques (ETL vs. federation), database optimization (partitioning, indexing), and relational database performance tuning.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

Responsibilities

• Clarify customer business outcomes during project discovery and translate them into data architecture and engineering solutions.
• Design and build data analytics applications that are secure, scalable, reliable, performant, and cost-effective.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, assess current infrastructure, and propose effective data migration and modernization strategies.
• Identifying, mitigating, and communicating risks related to solution and service constraints by making informed technical trade-offs.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to customers on industry trends, emerging data technologies, and innovative solutions.
• Sharing knowledge within the organization through mentoring, training, and creating reusable artifacts

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

SQL/NoSQL

AWS services

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent

Tools

CDK

Terraform

AWS Glue

AWS Lake Formation

AWS Kinesis

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a Delivery Consultant specializing in Data Engineering & Architecture to design, build, and optimize data architectures and platforms for federal, state, local government customers, and national security programs.

This customer-facing role requires US citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance. You will mentor teams, drive data modernization strategies, and deliver secure, scalable cloud data solutions using AWS services.