Senior Data Engineering SME — Kafka/Elastic/AWS

Amatriot Group, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 235,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Amatriot Group, LLC is seeking a Data Engineering Software Developer (SME) to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for analytics in a DoD environment. The role focuses on ingestion, transformation, and platform optimization using Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Strong emphasis on security, automation, and collaboration across teams. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance, 100% onsite in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining ETL/ELT data pipelines (required).
• Experience with data warehouse and/or data lake technologies (e.g., Redshift, S3, Hadoop, Snowflake).
• Experience with Elastic Stack, Kafka, for data ingestion and processing.
• Experience with Linux/UNIX system administration and automation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Git, Bitbucket).
• Familiarity with network operations data and related data models.

Responsibilities

• Data Pipeline Development and Integration: design, build, and maintain scalable data systems and pipelines for analytics and reporting.
• Data Platforms and Software Development: implement data solutions using Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Performance and Platform Optimization: analyze and optimize ingestion throughput and storage efficiency.
• Security, Compliance, and DevOps: ensure data quality, security, and compliance; support CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaboration and Documentation: document data architecture and runbooks; work with analysts and developers.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

Shell scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Confluent Kafka

Elastic Stack

AWS

OpenShift/Kubernetes

Job description

Amatriot Group, LLC is seeking a Data Engineering Software Developer (SME) to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for analytics in a DoD environment. The role focuses on ingestion, transformation, and platform optimization using Kafka, Elastic Stack, AWS, and OpenShift/Kubernetes.

Strong emphasis on security, automation, and collaboration across teams. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance, 100% onsite in Washington, DC, and a Bachelor’s or Master’s in a technical