Data Engineer AWSDatabricks
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Job Location:
Reston, VA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Acuity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer to join our Engineering Team helping drive the design and delivery of AWS cloud-scale data platforms for federal clients. This role requires knowledge and/or experience with Spark Delta Lake and distributed data pipelines on Databricks. The ideal candidate brings both engineering and strategic insight into enterprise data modernization.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable PySpark-based data pipelines in Databricks notebooks to support ingestion transformation and enrichment of structured and semi-structured data.
Design and implement Delta Lake tables optimized for ACID compliance partition pruning schema enforcement and query performance across large datasets.
Develop ETL and ELT workflows that integrate multiple source systems into a centralized query-optimized data warehouse architecture.
Leverage Spark SQL and DataFrame APIs to implement business rules dimensional joins and aggregation logic aligned to warehouse modeling best practices.
Collaborate with data architects and engineers to implement cloud-native data solutions on AWS using S3 Glue RDS and IAM for secure scalable storage and access control.
Optimize pipeline performance through intelligent partitioning caching broadcast joins and adaptive query tuning.
Deploy and version data engineering assets using Git-integrated development workflows and automate deployment with CI/CD tools such as GitLab or Jenkins.
Monitor pipeline health job execution and cluster utilization using native Databricks tools and AWS CloudWatch identifying bottlenecks and optimizing cost-performance tradeoffs.
Conduct technical discovery and mapping of legacy source systems identifying required transformations and designing end-to-end data flows.
Implement governance practices including metadata tagging data quality validation audit logging and lineage tracking using platform-native features and custom logic.
Support ad hoc data access requests develop reusable data assets and maintain shared notebooks that meet operational reporting and analytics needs across teams.
Qualifications
- 2 years of experience in data engineering and Agile analytics
- 2 years of experience creating software for retrieving parsing and processing structured and unstructured data
- 1 to 2 years of experience building scalable ETL and ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
- 1 or more years experience building enterprise data engineering solutions in the cloud with preferred experience with cloud native technologies from AWS and Databricks
- Experience with data quality validation frameworks and storage optimization strategies
- BA or BS degree
Clearance Requirement:
- Must be US Citizen with an ability to obtain and maintain US Suitability
About Acuity:
Acuity Inc. is a leading management and technology consulting firm that specializes in serving the federal government. Our innovative collaborative and rewarding work environment has earned repeat honors from the Washington Business Journals Best Places to Work and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards.
Why Choose Acuity
- Innovative Excellence: Recognized by The Washington Posts Top Workplaces and a nine-time recipient of the Washington Business Journals Best Places to Work Acuity fosters an environment where innovation thrives and employees flourish.
- Competitive Compensation: We value our employees and show it through highly competitive compensation and benefits packages.
- Personal Growth:Your potential isnt just recognized at Acuity its actively cultivated. With tailored training mentorship and cutting-edge resources we empower you to thrive personally and professionally.
- Recognition and Visibility: Stand out in a competitive industry with Acuitys exceptional customer feedback and robust opportunity channels.
- Collaborative Culture: At Acuity teamwork isnt just a buzzword its the cornerstone of our success. Encouragement and support fuel our collaborative culture where every voice matters.
- Diversity and Inclusion: Diversity isnt just a checkbox its who we are. At Acuity we pride ourselves on recruiting and maintaining a workforce that celebrates diversity and treats every employee with dignity and respect.
Join Acuity where your talents are valued your growth is nurtured and your impact is amplified. Together lets shape the future of digital strategy and technology consulting.
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
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