Data Engineer (GovCon; Public Trust)

Attain Talent is searching for talented data engineers for our GovCon client. This is a full time position with benefits, and applicants MUST BE US Citizens (no dual-citizenship) and have the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Our client partners with federal agencies to build secure, scalable, and mission-driven solutions that make a meaningful impact on millions of people. Recognized by The Washington Post as a Top Workplace in 2025 and 2026. About the Role We are seeking a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, efficient data pipelines and systems following modern data engineering best practices. The Data Engineer will partner with other Data Engineers to evaluate and prototype new tools and technologies, assessing their risks and benefits to deliver exceptional value to our clients. You Will Get To Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and data models using Python, Apache Spark (PySpark), Databricks, dbt, SQL (PostgreSQL), and AWS Glue . Develop and optimize AWS-native data platforms leveraging AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Amazon MWAA (Apache Airflow), Lambda, Step Functions, Amazon S3, Redshift, RDS, DMS, and CloudWatch . Build high-performance ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows for structured and semi-structured data using Apache Iceberg, Parquet, ORC, and Avro . Design and optimize analytical data platforms using Amazon Athena, Trino, Hive, OpenSearch, and enterprise data catalog technologies . Integrate enterprise and external data sources across relational and NoSQL platforms including PostgreSQL, Oracle, Redshift, GraphDB, and other NoSQL databases . Build AI-enabled data solutions using Amazon Bedrock , RAG pipelines , and vector search technologies including Amazon S3 Vector and OpenSearch vector indexes . Develop cloud infrastructure using CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code) , GitHub , Harness , and enterprise CI/CD pipelines while leveraging SNS , SQS , and EventBridge for even