Data Engineer - CLEARED

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Data Engineer - CLEARED based in United States. This role focuses on designing secure, scalable enterprise data solutions supporting the modernization and cloud migration of a federal background investigation system. You will architect modern data platforms using AWS services, data lakes, lakehouse patterns, and Medallion Architecture. The position combines data modeling, ETL/ELT development, database engineering, and performance optimization across large-scale datasets. You will build reliable pipelines using AWS Glue, Apache Spark/PySpark, SQL, and Python while enabling operational and analytical data integration. The role requires close collaboration with application developers, infrastructure teams, architects, business stakeholders, and Agile teams. You will also contribute to data governance, lineage, quality, security, privacy, and retention practices across the enterprise data environment. This is a fully remote opportunity for a cleared data engineering professional supporting mission-critical modernization initiatives.