Data Specialist
Job Description
**ONLY LOCALS TO VIRGINIA AND W2 ARE ACCEPTED BY CLIENT**
**F2F IS A MUST- ONSITE 3 DAYS IN A WEEK*
AWS Data Engineer.
Reston, VA (3 days onsite)
5–7+ years of experience with AWS data engineering, ETL/ELT pipelines, and cloud‑native data processing.
Looking for proficiency in the following areas –
- AWS Data Services (Glue [PySpark], Lambda, Step Functions, S3, DynamoDB, Redshift, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM)
- Building and maintaining ETL/ELT data pipelines using AWS Glue, PySpark, Lambda, and orchestration frameworks
- Python scripting for ETL transformations, automation, and data quality checks
- Experience with distributed data processing (Spark / PySpark)
- Experience integrating data from APIs, AWS services, and external systems
- Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Splunk)
- Experience working with COTS or enterprise platforms as data sources
Other Requirements –
- Exposure to Agile methodology
- Good communication, documentation, and teamwork skills
- Ability to support off-hours production releases and provide on-call support for critical data pipelines
Education –
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field
- Relevant professional certifications