Data Engineer - AWS/Databricks

Overview

Acuity Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Databricks Engineer to join our Engineering Team and help drive the design and delivery of cloud-scale data platforms for federal clients. This role requires deep experience with Spark, Delta Lake, and distributed data pipelines on Databricks. The ideal candidate brings both engineering rigor and strategic insight into enterprise data modernization.

Why Acuity?

Are you ready to use your expertise in the areas of IT Modernization, Data Enablement, and Hyperautomation to make a real difference? Join Acuity, Inc., a technology consulting firm that supports federal agencies. We combine industry partnerships and long-term federal experience with innovative technical leadership to support our customers’ critical missions.

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 robust 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

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering and Agile analytics
• 5+ years of experience architecting, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex data products at enterprise scale
• 3+ years of experience creating software for retrieving, parsing and processing structured and unstructured data
• 3+ years of experience building scalable ETL and ELT workflows for reporting and analytics
• 3+ years of experience with building enterprise data engineering solutions in the cloud, including extensive 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 Journal’s Best Places to Work and SmartCEO Corporate Culture awards.

 

Why Choose Acuity?

• Innovative Excellence: Recognized by The Washington Post's "Top Workplaces" and a nine-time recipient of the Washington Business Journal's "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 isn't just recognized at Acuity, it's 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 Acuity's exceptional customer feedback and robust opportunity channels.
• Collaborative Culture: At Acuity, teamwork isn't just a buzzword – it's the cornerstone of our success. Encouragement and support fuel our collaborative culture, where every voice matters.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Diversity isn't just a checkbox – it's 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, let's 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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