Senior Data Engineer

Job Description

Description:

About Us

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that delivers innovative federal and commercial IT solutions designed to improve the health and lives of millions of Americans while defending our national interests. Our solutions and services improve healthcare for millions of Americans, protect our borders, and defend our country on the battlefield by supporting the Air Force, Space Force, and Navy.

eSimplicity's people-centric approach aims to transform government services through innovative technologies. Our team’s experience spans various federal civilian customers on diverse projects across its core competencies.

eSimplicity is seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Data Engineer to join our innovative IT team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading advanced data analytics initiatives with a strong focus on AWS architecture and tools. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data acquisition strategies, metadata management, and collaboration on high-impact projects. You will play a critical role in ensuring program integrity and data-driven decision-making across complex, mission-critical environments. Successful candidates will be local to the Washington-Baltimore region and eligible to hold a U.S. Federal Public Trust security clearance.

Responsibilities:

Develop and implement strategies for data acquisition, archive recovery, and database implementation using AWS tools and best practices.

Assembles large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements

Build required infrastructure for optimal extraction, transformation and loading of data from various data sources using AWS and SQL technologies

Review object and data models and maintain the metadata repository to ensure efficient data management and rapid accessibility.

Monitor and optimize the performance of data infrastructure and processes.

Support data analytics and business operations.

Provide technical vision and direction to complex data-related initiatives. Offer guidance and oversight to junior personnel and contribute as a hands-on expert in the field.

Engage closely with project managers, client representatives, and cross-functional teams to provide timely updates, resolve issues, and ensure alignment with business goals.

Utilize analytics to support program integrity initiatives. Optimize system performance and apply security best practices within cloud environments.

Develop data quality and validation jobs

Write unit and integration tests for all data processing code

Translate technical specifications into code and design documents

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline

10+ years of professional hands-on experience in data analytics, with preferred focus in program integrity or related domains.

7+ years of hands-on software development experience; 4+ years of data pipeline experience using Python, Java and cloud technologies

Strong hands-on experience with Oracle, AWS, and cloud data solutions.

Strong understanding of AWS products including S3, Redshift, RDS, EMR, AWS Glue, AWS Glue DataBrew, Jupyter Notebooks, Athena, QuickSight, EMR, and Amazon SNS

Advanced knowledge of data modeling, metadata management, and data repository optimization.

Familiar with work to build processes that support data transformation, workload management, data structures, dependency and metadata

Experienced in data governance process to ingest (batch, stream), curate, and share data with upstream and downstream data users.

Proficiency in data visualization, ETL tools, and SQL-based analytics environments.

Experience with Agile methodologies, DevOps principles, and CI/CD pipelines.

Demonstrated ability to implement security standards and optimize performance in large-scale data environments.

Strong attention to detail with a commitment to delivering high-quality and accurate work.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Proven ability to manage time and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Demonstrated problem-solving skills with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset.

Preferred Qualifications:

AWS cloud certified, Databricks and Snowflake experience a plus.

Preferred experience working in government programs and/or regulated environments.

Soft leadership skills – including mentoring of other technical personnel on the program.

Working Environment:

This is a hybrid position that may require in-office work in Columbia, MD 2-3 days per week. Expected hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern unless otherwise directed by your manager. Occasional travel for training and project meetings. It is estimated to be less than 25% per year.

Benefits:

We offer a highly competitive salary, healthcare benefits, and a flexible leave policy.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

eSimplicity is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, age, status as a protected veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Full-time

Hybrid remote