AWS Data Engineer

General information

Requisition # R59459 Locations USA-Remote Work Posting Date 03/25/2025 Security Clearance Required Secret Remote Type Fully Remote Time Type Full time

Description & Requirements

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ManTech seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented AWS Data Engineer to join our team. This is a fully Remote position.

You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining data infrastructure and solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS). You will work with large-scale data sets, build data pipelines, and ensure that our data systems are optimized for performance, scalability, and reliability.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL processes in AWS to integrate data from various sources.

• Work with AWS data services such as S3, Redshift, RDS, Glue, Lambda, and others to store, manage, and analyze data.

• Ensure data pipelines are optimized for performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

• Automate data workflows using AWS services and infrastructure-as-code tools like OpenTofu or Terraform.

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to data pipelines, databases, and data performance.

• Implement data security best practices in line with AWS standards and compliance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other related STEM discipline is preferred; an additional 4 years of experience can be substituted in lieu of a degree

• 4+ years of relevant data engineer experience

• Possess a current entry-level certification from a Cloud Service Provider (AWS CCP, Microsoft AZ-900)

• DoD 8570 IAT Level 2 certification (ex. Security+ CE).

• Hands-on experience with AWS data services like S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, Athena, RDS, ETL processes and big data tools (Apache Spark, Hadoop, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in SQL and Python, and comfortable with other programming languages

• Experience working with AWS infrastructure and services such as EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and S3

• Knowledge of data processing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark, Apache Kafka) is a plus

• Strong preference given to candidates that possess expertise working with Oracle databases

• AWS Solutions Architect and/or AWS Data Engineer certifications highly desired

Clearance Requirement:

• US Citizenship required and active Secret clearance

Physical Requirements:

• The person in this position must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time. Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, via email, phone, and or virtual communication, which may involve delivering presentations.

The projected compensation range for this position is $92,900.00-$154,100.00. There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories.  In addition, ManTech invests in it’s employees beyond just compensation.  ManTech’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.

ManTech International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.
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