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Cleared AWS MDM / Big Data (Data Lake) Engineer
Washington, DC
Actively hiring, first seen by us 4 days ago- Pay
- Pay not listedSimilar roles state $127K–$190K
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Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO. Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position. Full-time position, on-site
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Before you apply
- Work authorization
- Citizens only
Active TS/SCI clearance
What you’ll work on
Full postingDesign and evolve AWS data lakes using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation
Build and maintain metadata catalogs, schema ingestion, and data discovery
Create ETL/ELT pipelines and optimize data access for analytics workloads
Implement fine-grained data governance, tagging, and attribute-based access patterns
From the employer’s posting
Design and evolve AWS data lakes using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation.
Build and maintain metadata catalogs, schema ingestion, and data discovery capabilities.
Create ETL/ELT pipelines and optimize data access for analytics workloads.
Implement fine-grained data governance, tagging, and attribute-based access patterns.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 5+ years of data engineering experience with hands-on AWS delivery.
- Experience with data ingestion, transformation, catalogs, and lake architectures.
- Strong understanding of data governance and secure access controls.
Qualification wording
5+ years of data engineering experience with hands-on AWS delivery.
Experience with data ingestion, transformation, catalogs, and lake architectures.
Strong understanding of data governance and secure access controls.
Posting record
Report an errorActively hiringFirst seen by us 4 days ago, still listed, and not a repost of an earlier posting.
- Status in our records
- Live
- First seen by us
- Oct 31, 20264 days ago
- Recorded sightings
- 5
- Last seen by us
- Nov 4, 2026
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Virtual Service Operations is hiring
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Where the posting names them
Description Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle? Virtual Service Operations (VSO) is seeking an experienced AWS MDM / Big Data (Data Lake) Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Shape the next generation of secure enterprise data platforms. You will help make complex datasets discoverable, governed, and useful through scalable AWS data engineering and modern data architecture. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.
Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle? Virtual Service Operations (VSO) is seeking an experienced AWS MDM / Big Data (Data Lake) Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Shape the next generation of secure enterprise data platforms. You will help make complex datasets discoverable, governed, and useful through scalable AWS data engineering and modern data architecture. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter. Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities: - Design and evolve AWS data lakes using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation. - Build and maintain metadata catalogs, schema ingestion, and data discovery capabilities.
Qualifications: - 5+ years of data engineering experience with hands-on AWS delivery. - Experience with data ingestion, transformation, catalogs, and lake architectures.
- Strong understanding of data governance and secure access controls. - Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments. Preferred Qualifications:
- Athena, OpenSearch, EMR, or complex metadata management platforms. - Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable. Requirements
What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements. More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers
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About the role
We file this job under Data Engineer, by the work the posting describes.
Data engineers build and run the pipelines that copy data out of apps and outside services into a warehouse or lake, and fix them when a source changes or a load fails.
Expect SQL, Python, a cloud platform, a scheduler such as Airflow, and often tools for large data such as Spark or Kafka.
An analytics engineer works one step later, turning the raw data a data engineer lands into clean tables people can query.
US government figures for database architects
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $139,500
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 9.4% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, database architects, which includes data integration and data warehousing specialists.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1243.
Job description
Description
Are you ready to put your AWS expertise to work on cloud challenges that few engineers get the chance to tackle?
Virtual Service Operations (VSO) is seeking an experienced AWS MDM / Big Data (Data Lake) Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Shape the next generation of secure enterprise data platforms. You will help make complex datasets discoverable, governed, and useful through scalable AWS data engineering and modern data architecture. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and evolve AWS data lakes using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation.
- Build and maintain metadata catalogs, schema ingestion, and data discovery capabilities.
- Create ETL/ELT pipelines and optimize data access for analytics workloads.
- Implement fine-grained data governance, tagging, and attribute-based access patterns.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of data engineering experience with hands-on AWS delivery.
- Experience with data ingestion, transformation, catalogs, and lake architectures.
- Strong understanding of data governance and secure access controls.
- Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Data mesh or zero-trust data architecture experience.
- Athena, OpenSearch, EMR, or complex metadata management platforms.
- Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable.
Requirements
- Active TS/SCI clearance; must be eligible for applicable SCI read-on/indoctrination and additional program-specific access approvals.
- Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO.
- Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position.
- Full-time position, on-site
- Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status
What is Important to Us:
- You are an excellent communicator in writing and speaking.
- You have the ability to work independently but also value teamwork.
- Your problem-solving skills are excellent.
- You are looking for a job where performance appraisals occur regularly, and you look forward to advancing your career.
- You seek a community of virtue-centered co-workers and clients.
What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements.
More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers
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- Active TS/SCI clearance; must be eligible for applicable SCI read-on/indoctrination and additional program-specific access approvals. - Must reside within commuting distance of one of the following 4 approved secure work locations: Herndon, VA; Washington, DC; Seattle, WA; or Denver, CO. - Regular on-site work in an approved secure facility and occasional work at authorized customer facilities may be required. This is not a remote position. - Full-time position, on-site - Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status
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What we offer you: As part of the VSO company, you will be part of a virtue-centered team who value their work and teammates. This is a no-jerk zone. We provide ongoing learning and development opportunities to foster continuous growth. We offer competitive salaries, health benefits, and flexible work arrangements. More About VSO: VSO is a hybrid cloud and managed services consulting firm. Much of VSO’s success can be attributed to our deep partnerships with IT services industry leaders such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and others. VSO leverages numerous other partner relationships so as to provide our customers with optimal support. Additionally, we take pride in taking care of our employees. We offer a wide variety of benefits for eligible employees related to health, retirement, professional development, and more! For more information, please visit our website at https://vso-inc.com/careers
- Work authorization
- Full-time position, on-site - Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status What is Important to Us: