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Cleared AWS Modeling & Simulation Data 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 data ingestion, storage, and processing pipelines for simulation workloads
Support GPU-enabled compute on Amazon EC2, AWS Batch, or HPC patterns
Optimize movement, organization, and retrieval of large datasets
Improve repeatability, performance, and reliability with engineers and analysts
From the employer’s posting
Design data ingestion, storage, and processing pipelines for simulation workloads.
Support GPU-enabled compute and scalable workloads using Amazon EC2, AWS Batch, or HPC patterns.
Optimize movement, organization, and retrieval of large datasets.
Work with engineers and analysts to improve repeatability, performance, and reliability.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- 5+ years in data engineering, modeling and simulation, or related technical engineering.
- Ability to design reliable data processing and storage solutions.
Preferred experience
- Experience with simulation platforms or scientific computing workloads.
Qualification wording
5+ years in data engineering, modeling and simulation, or related technical engineering.
Ability to design reliable data processing and storage solutions.
Experience with simulation platforms or scientific computing workloads.
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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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 Modeling & Simulation Data Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Build the data and compute backbone for advanced modeling and simulation. This role blends data engineering with scalable AWS compute to help technical teams run demanding analytical workloads securely and efficiently. 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 Modeling & Simulation Data Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Build the data and compute backbone for advanced modeling and simulation. This role blends data engineering with scalable AWS compute to help technical teams run demanding analytical workloads securely and efficiently. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter. Key Responsibilities:
- Design data ingestion, storage, and processing pipelines for simulation workloads. - Support GPU-enabled compute and scalable workloads using Amazon EC2, AWS Batch, or HPC patterns. - Optimize movement, organization, and retrieval of large datasets.
- 5+ years in data engineering, modeling and simulation, or related technical engineering. - Hands-on AWS experience with data pipelines and compute-intensive workloads. - Ability to design reliable data processing and storage solutions.
- Ability to design reliable data processing and storage solutions. - Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments. Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with simulation platforms or scientific computing workloads. - GPU-enabled EC2, AWS Batch, HPC, and large-scale scenario data. - Relevant AWS professional or specialty certifications; Security+ or CISSP where applicable.
- GPU-enabled EC2, AWS Batch, HPC, and large-scale scenario data. - 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 Modeling & Simulation Data Engineer to join a highly skilled team delivering advanced cloud engineering capabilities for a mission-critical, security-sensitive initiative. Build the data and compute backbone for advanced modeling and simulation. This role blends data engineering with scalable AWS compute to help technical teams run demanding analytical workloads securely and efficiently. You will work with experienced technical partners in a collaborative environment where careful engineering and measurable results matter.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design data ingestion, storage, and processing pipelines for simulation workloads.
- Support GPU-enabled compute and scalable workloads using Amazon EC2, AWS Batch, or HPC patterns.
- Optimize movement, organization, and retrieval of large datasets.
- Work with engineers and analysts to improve repeatability, performance, and reliability.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years in data engineering, modeling and simulation, or related technical engineering.
- Hands-on AWS experience with data pipelines and compute-intensive workloads.
- Ability to design reliable data processing and storage solutions.
- Hands-on AWS cloud experience and ability to work effectively in highly controlled environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with simulation platforms or scientific computing workloads.
- GPU-enabled EC2, AWS Batch, HPC, and large-scale scenario data.
- 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: