CareerPlan

AWS Databricks Engineer

USAFull-time$155k–$185k2026-11-07 → 2026-11-08
Security clearance required

Core

Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines and processing workflows using Databricks, Apache Spark, and AWS services for federal agencies.

Role type

Senior IC data engineering engineer (cloud/lakehouse)

Builds

Production data solutions, ETL/ELT pipelines, and modern lakehouse architectures on AWS

Domain

Federal government / Cloud data engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, AWS (S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, IAM), Delta Lake, SQL, Python, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK), CI/CD, Data modeling, Data governance

Preferred skills

Active Secret clearance, CompTIA Security+, Databricks certifications, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, AWS CDK, FedRAMP knowledge

Technologies

AWS Lambda, Redshift, CloudWatch, Databricks, Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform, Unity Catalog, PySpark, SQL, Spark, pandas

Responsibilities

Design and implement medallion-layer lakehouse solutions; Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines across AWS services; Optimize Spark workloads and storage configurations; Implement data quality, cataloging, and access-control practices; Automate deployments using IaC and CI/CD; Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver production-ready data solutions.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC